Help Wiring New Converter to Motorhome
Hey Guys im a little confused on how to wire up my PD9260 power converter. Can someone help me? I was looking at installing a basic DC Fuse board, like marine or automotive application and there is...
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The two outputs on the converter are in parallel. You could hook another battery up there, but it's not ideal; preferable is to interconnect them at the batteries themselves in a balanced manner, and if you can have them both next to each other it's less wire and hassle to boot.
No idea how to set it for a gel cell battery, but their tech support should be able to help you there if that is indeed an option.
It's very common for the chassis starting battery to not be charged by the converter. If you want it charged, there are a few options: you can get a separate trickle charger/maintainer for it (but many of them cannot be left hooked up when driving), or you can get any of several little gizmos to charge it from the converter. One good option there is the Trik-L-Start, which is inexpensive, easy to hook up, and works reliably and effectively. (It's basically a DC powered trickle charger for the starting battery that diverts a few amps of charging current to it when the starting battery is low and the house system has a voltage over about 13 volts, indicating charging is going on.)
It's hard to give much of a general rule for charging the house battery from the alternator, as there are a large number of variables in the wiring, the isolator designs, and the alternator's capacity, among other things. It should be better than a trickle charge, though; it's not too much to hope for a halfway decent day's drive to pretty well recharge the house batteries. However, you can't really know for sure without making some measurements.
No idea how to set it for a gel cell battery, but their tech support should be able to help you there if that is indeed an option.
It's very common for the chassis starting battery to not be charged by the converter. If you want it charged, there are a few options: you can get a separate trickle charger/maintainer for it (but many of them cannot be left hooked up when driving), or you can get any of several little gizmos to charge it from the converter. One good option there is the Trik-L-Start, which is inexpensive, easy to hook up, and works reliably and effectively. (It's basically a DC powered trickle charger for the starting battery that diverts a few amps of charging current to it when the starting battery is low and the house system has a voltage over about 13 volts, indicating charging is going on.)
It's hard to give much of a general rule for charging the house battery from the alternator, as there are a large number of variables in the wiring, the isolator designs, and the alternator's capacity, among other things. It should be better than a trickle charge, though; it's not too much to hope for a halfway decent day's drive to pretty well recharge the house batteries. However, you can't really know for sure without making some measurements.
