Battery Charging
My 5th wheel has a pair of 6 volt batteries and a 3 stage inverter/charger. If I am boondocking and hook up a generator for and hour or so in the morning, would I be better off pluging in a battery...
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mena661 wrote:mbopp wrote:X2
Depends on the converter and the wiring between it and the batteries. If it's a WFCO converter you're better off with a separate charger. If you have a Progressive Dynamics or IOTA converter and heavy gauge wiring to the battery, go with the on-board converter.
X3
Some three stage converters are fine, some not so good.
A good converter close to the battery with heavy wire will do a great job; good converter with too much or too small wire between it and the battery won't do a good job due to wiring losses. A good charger (which will be three stage) tied directly to the battery can do a great job.
You need to get 14.4 Volts at the battery at full charge current to do the job.
Doug
