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heyobie
Explorer
Aug 06, 2018

Can I charge the house battery with a generator in an hour

We are going camping in our 1988 Class C toward the end of September for 3 nights. There are no hookups so I will be running off of my 12V house battery. The fridge, water heater and furnace will ...
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Lwiddis
Explorer II
Aug 06, 2018
“ figure I can run the generator for an hour and charge the marine battery.“

Your wet cell battery will not fully charge in an hour and don’t get fooled by a reading two seconds after you disconnect the charger after an hour. Two hundred bucks of solar gets you very little. Real solar would be the answer.

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