valhalla360 wrote:
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.
I like your use of the word 'ABSORBING'... I am always saying the batteries are drawing current when being charged verses absorbing DC current. That is what I see on my MAIN DC CURRENT meter at any rate hehe... If I look real hard I can see my +/- symbol change hehe... I see 53-55AMPS when first hit with 14.4VDC for the three batteries in my setup so they should be 'absorbing' 17-18 DC AMPS for each of the three batteries. In 15-20 minutes this MAIN DC CURRENT METER tappers back to around 8-10AMPs DC Current. My PD9260C Converter however won't drop down to 13.6VDC Source for around an hour or so then eventually drops to 13.2VDC source after running at 13.6VDC for a couple of hours in about three hours total time telling me I am at the 90% charge state... That is what I am reading at any rate. Never did get out a Hydrometer reading...
It is working for me as I can make it until 8Am the next morning and not be below 12.0VDC on my master DC Voltmeter setup...
I need to work on that in my description of whats happening...
Roy Ken
