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Fastfreddy14
Explorer
Aug 30, 2019

Inverter/converter vs stand-alone units: lots of questions

I have a 2008 Winnebago sightseer 35J. I’m looking to upgrade the parallax 7400 converter/charger to a better charger for my two 6V deep cycle batteries. I’m doing some research I was also thinking of...
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theoldwizard1
Explorer II
Aug 30, 2019
wa8yxm wrote:
Ok there are advantages and disadvantages to both methods.

If you have a top notch converter, then it is hard to justify a combination inverter/charger/transfer switch. It is easy, if you are shopping for a new converter. The wiring is SO MUCH SIMPLER !

The larger Samlex units (>2000w) have a separate generator input and a relay you can use to do a remote start on the generator.

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