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BFL13
Jan 14, 2020Explorer II
If that is the generator battery, how do you clamp on the charger? 
I had a Honda 3000 with a battery in it that died the first year because I didn't run the gen much. But the battery was inside the gen.
I never got a new battery, but I had the gen wires that go on the battery extended out of the battery compartment of the gen, where I could then attach "live" 12v from a charger, or from the 7-pin with adapter I made, or from a battery in the truck bed beside the gen.
Not too clear what your plan is, but it might be that if you have the proposed float charger on it, you don't need the battery itself. 12v from the float charger should be enough to start the gen. No idea how the remote ties in.
You will have 120v for the charger from your inverter (which has solar for its battery bank) so you don't need to ever start the gen without any 120v handy. If so, there is always the pull cord.
I had a Honda 3000 with a battery in it that died the first year because I didn't run the gen much. But the battery was inside the gen.
I never got a new battery, but I had the gen wires that go on the battery extended out of the battery compartment of the gen, where I could then attach "live" 12v from a charger, or from the 7-pin with adapter I made, or from a battery in the truck bed beside the gen.
Not too clear what your plan is, but it might be that if you have the proposed float charger on it, you don't need the battery itself. 12v from the float charger should be enough to start the gen. No idea how the remote ties in.
You will have 120v for the charger from your inverter (which has solar for its battery bank) so you don't need to ever start the gen without any 120v handy. If so, there is always the pull cord.
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