50 amp service, Inverter vs Converter

bkirkpatrick wrote:

BFL13 wrote:
The batteries get what is left out of that 45 after the other loads are taken care of.

Agreed. Thus, you should look at a larger amp converter like the PowerMax 100 Amp Converter Power Max PM3-100 because of the size of your battery bank. Thus, your batteries will get a good charge no matter how many 12v appliances you have on and are on shore power or generator power.

True but it is all in the timing. When the loads are not on, the battery gets more, so eventually it gets charged.

But the OP still needs a DC fuse panel for his DC circuits that the converter will connect to besides having battery lugs either on the fuse panel or the converter so a deck mount may not be for him. He could get the works. (PowerMax has that in a 60a version)

http://www.bestconverter.com/Boondocker-4-Stage-Power-Center-60-Amp-BPC4-60_p_552.html#.VMg6gWd0xjo

Either that or just wire each DC circuit to the batteries via a fuse for each on its positive wire and then use a deck mount converter as the combo charger and float charger on the batteries.

With the redo of the 1981 TC we just got, I am not having a converter. It now does have a 2000w inverter, two T-1275s, and can be whole house 120v on the inverter for MW, toaster, kettle, etc, while the 12v stuff is right off the batteries. I'll recharge the batteries as required with a battery charger, and Float after that at home with my Float charger. Too easy.