Battery Charger Recomendations
Hi:
Just back from 2+ weeks of 'dry' camping, a lot easier with a generator but still hardly optimal 12 volt living. I could charge my batteries significantly faster with my 25 AMP intelligent car battery charger than with the 55 AMP dumb one built into the trailer (55 AMPs but strictly 13.6 volts)! Especially as the generator (2kw) is on the noisy side clearly I need a better built in charger.
I see several people recommending the PD9100 Series and that would be a decent improvement but I am wondering if there is something better out there. These units are a long way behind the portable battery chargers which provide fully adjustable voltages to 14.8 as well as current forcing.
Any recommends for a built in unit with more intelligent charging - or should I just buy one of say the Black and Decker or Schumacher ones aimed at the car market and play with cables more than I want to.
As a minor note I figure there must be a typo on the PD webpage, surely storage temperature is wrong (even if there is only a "-" missing in-front it still seems pretty restricted for built in use in a trailer) PD9100 Specs
Just back from 2+ weeks of 'dry' camping, a lot easier with a generator but still hardly optimal 12 volt living. I could charge my batteries significantly faster with my 25 AMP intelligent car battery charger than with the 55 AMP dumb one built into the trailer (55 AMPs but strictly 13.6 volts)! Especially as the generator (2kw) is on the noisy side clearly I need a better built in charger.
I see several people recommending the PD9100 Series and that would be a decent improvement but I am wondering if there is something better out there. These units are a long way behind the portable battery chargers which provide fully adjustable voltages to 14.8 as well as current forcing.
Any recommends for a built in unit with more intelligent charging - or should I just buy one of say the Black and Decker or Schumacher ones aimed at the car market and play with cables more than I want to.
As a minor note I figure there must be a typo on the PD webpage, surely storage temperature is wrong (even if there is only a "-" missing in-front it still seems pretty restricted for built in use in a trailer) PD9100 Specs
