Bought an old Class C - Electrical question?
Hi all- A friend of mine and I just bought an old 1978 Dodge Midas Class C motorhome to use on a property she just bought until the home is built. To be honest, the thing is a bit of a mess, but we'r...
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The PD 9200 series converters are very highly regarded. There are other good ones, but I don't think I've heard anyone claim anything else is greatly better, just possibly that they have prefer others. (By the way, bestconverter.com has better prices than Amazon and a fine reputation.)
I don't think you need the 70A version; the 45A or 60A would probably serve you just as well. (The only real advantage of the larger capacity units is possibly faster recharging of the batteries, which is advantageous if you are camping without a connection to the electric grid and don't want to run the generator too long. To actually get faster charging, you need to have sufficiently heavy wire between the converter and the batteries, and batteries that can accept the higher charge rate. You also need to have a generator that is sufficiently powerful for the converter; a 2000 watt generator may be marginal for the 70A converter, and smaller ones almost certainly would be.
I'm about to upgrade the converter in my class C to a PD9200 series unit, probably in the next week or three.
I don't think you need the 70A version; the 45A or 60A would probably serve you just as well. (The only real advantage of the larger capacity units is possibly faster recharging of the batteries, which is advantageous if you are camping without a connection to the electric grid and don't want to run the generator too long. To actually get faster charging, you need to have sufficiently heavy wire between the converter and the batteries, and batteries that can accept the higher charge rate. You also need to have a generator that is sufficiently powerful for the converter; a 2000 watt generator may be marginal for the 70A converter, and smaller ones almost certainly would be.
I'm about to upgrade the converter in my class C to a PD9200 series unit, probably in the next week or three.
