Battery vs genny questions
Hey all you electrically smarter than me people ... I need some battery help please. 9 days of dry camping. I'm bringing my genny but we're in a State Park, in the middle of 10 families with tents,...
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I think I'm starting to get a better understanding here - thank you.
So it looks like the wimpy dealer installed battery isn't as up to the task as I had hoped. I do have a good quality battery charger that I can bring along to use.
If I did want to upgrade/replace the WFCO 9875 converter, do I need to stay with the 75A unit size or is smaller OK? For the life of me I can't figure out why I'd need 75A of 12Vdc power for the camper.
Solar is out of the question - way too many trees in NYS to get good sunlight - even dappled sunlight is tough sometimes.
Adding more bat's in series (as in 2 x 6V) or parallel ... there just isn't enough room without some pretty significant changes that I'm not willing to make right now.
To respond to BFL13 - the genny isn't that much more noisy than the Honda units.
- Honda EU2000i is 53 - 59 dBA @ 9 feet
- Champion 2000 Watt Inverter (73531i) is 53 dBA at 23 ft. On "Eco" mode, it's very quite.
Thanks,
John
So it looks like the wimpy dealer installed battery isn't as up to the task as I had hoped. I do have a good quality battery charger that I can bring along to use.
If I did want to upgrade/replace the WFCO 9875 converter, do I need to stay with the 75A unit size or is smaller OK? For the life of me I can't figure out why I'd need 75A of 12Vdc power for the camper.
Solar is out of the question - way too many trees in NYS to get good sunlight - even dappled sunlight is tough sometimes.
Adding more bat's in series (as in 2 x 6V) or parallel ... there just isn't enough room without some pretty significant changes that I'm not willing to make right now.
To respond to BFL13 - the genny isn't that much more noisy than the Honda units.
- Honda EU2000i is 53 - 59 dBA @ 9 feet
- Champion 2000 Watt Inverter (73531i) is 53 dBA at 23 ft. On "Eco" mode, it's very quite.
Thanks,
John
