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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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valhalla360
Navigator
Aug 06, 2018
mowermech wrote:
Another possibility is to buy a high output (not one of the little 6 amp units) battery charger, hook it to your house battery and plug it in while running the generator for an hour or two.
More batteries will help last overnight, but the re-charging problem remains the same.


Actually a larger bank really helps out because it can absorb greater amps.

If your batteries are only absorbing 10amps from the 40amp charger...adding a 6amp second charge won't gain you anything.

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