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jayspi
Explorer
Jul 04, 2016

800 watt generator tripping, 3500 watt doing fine

Hi all, I'm having a power problem that's got me stumped. We've been dry camping in Alaska for almost 3 months in a 2009 Thor Jazz 2780BH 5th wheel. Most of the time we've been using a Champion ...
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westend
Explorer
Jul 04, 2016
The converter is overloading the small generator, use the bigger one until batteries are close to 90% charged.

A WFCO 8900 series converter will draw 950W at maximum load, not considering wire losses.

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