Just ordered the Progressive Dynamics PD4655V
I expect it to arrive tomorrow. I'll swap out the existing WFCO 8955 DC board and converter soon. I've read nothing but amazing things about the replacement. Really looking forward to having more cont...
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beemerphile1 wrote:I'm trying to respond... but something about my text makes this thing not post at all. - will continue to try.
Did the WFCO fail? For the average RVer the WFCO does okay.
Are you a boondocker charging from a generator? That is where a better converter has an advantage.
No, the WFCO did not fail. It doesn't give me the control I want over my charging. And you kind of guessed it. I'm not your average RVer. My RV never gets turned off. We spend about a third of our life living in the trailer. Out of the last 3 months, 25 days were in the trailer. We hit a total of 11 places, 4 of which were dry camping. Went through 4 propane tanks (15 pounders). Adding another 2 days and 1 place this weekend, dry camping as well. It gets worse April-September of course. :-)
Usually the solar panels juice up the batteries enough for the next night. But during the winter months with shorter daylight hours and running the furnace all night keeping me at 69 degrees it'll be nice to have the ability to run a 14.4 volt boost mode of charging if needed. My WFCO either doesn't have that, or has never use it that I can tell and you can't force it to. It's always at 13.6.
I also recently learned that camping halfway up the northeastern side of the mountain only gives you 3 hours of sunlight a day right now. ;-)
After much editing thoughts... turns out the system didn't like my degree character, as in 69 degrees. With that included, kept refusing to post. Once I figured that out, I just used the word. Sorry for the slow response.
