Problem with battery. Experience guy needed
Hi, (problem solved go the last thread) As you know i am new to RV My toy hauler came with a cumins 5500w generator. On our past two dry camping adventure we experienced dead battery. We on...
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couple things
check the capacity of your battery and the output of the charger; that will give you an idea of charge times
- the onboard charger maybe puts out maybe 20amps; that'd be pretty generous
- are you sure your rv will charge off your tow vehicle; my last 5er wouldn't but the tow vehicle could be used to run limited 12 volt 'stuff' in the 5er
- charging batteries takes a long time; a couple hours isn't much
example(lets say you have a 50 c/10 battery, so 50hrs at 10amp discharge). If its at 50% and you are putting 10amps into it it'll take 25hrs to recharge it.
check the capacity of your battery and the output of the charger; that will give you an idea of charge times
- the onboard charger maybe puts out maybe 20amps; that'd be pretty generous
- are you sure your rv will charge off your tow vehicle; my last 5er wouldn't but the tow vehicle could be used to run limited 12 volt 'stuff' in the 5er
- charging batteries takes a long time; a couple hours isn't much
example(lets say you have a 50 c/10 battery, so 50hrs at 10amp discharge). If its at 50% and you are putting 10amps into it it'll take 25hrs to recharge it.
