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dpgerson
Explorer
May 12, 2017

boondocking with just a generator to recharge the batteries

Shouldn't it be possible to boondock indefinitely by just running a generator 3 hours a day (this time of year. I'm not talking winter)? By that I mean keep the batteries sufficiently charged. I use m...
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2oldman
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May 12, 2017
Jayco-noslide wrote:
I find that when not being plugged in to regular power for let's say a week doesn't seem like the batteries ever get as fully charged on the generator. .
They don't. Acid batteries have an Absorb phase which takes a long time. Shore power can take up to two days to fully charge. Nobody runs a generator that long.

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