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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johnm1 wrote:
Oh ... I'm sure there's fun to be had by all ... as long as the beer is cold and we don't run out!
Back to the converter question please ...
Do I "need" a 75A converter even if I end up adding a 2nd battery or is a smaller (lower) power one OK?
75a charging is a good rate for a 220AH bank, such as with a pair of 6s or two 27s. On one battery it won't be harmful; the battery will only take what it needs from that.
You don't know if the WFCO will do its rated 14.4v when charging. If it will you don't need to change it out. If it won't, it may just be due to the wiring from it to the battery being too long/thin. Once that is fixed, the WFCO might then work right.
If the wiring is too long thin for the WFCO, it won't be any better for a different brand of converter.
You can leave that WFCO where it is and get a "deck mount" second converter placed closer to the batteries so you don't have to rewire the WFCO to battery path.
You can get another two or three portable chargers and use them all at once to get the amps for a faster charge to reduce gen time.
Yes, do the backyard camping test and find out what you really can do first.
BTW, you can take extra batteries along (in the truck or inside the trailer) without installing them. I have done this and it works just fine. Set them on the ground by your installed battery and link them all up with jumper cables. Now you have a big battery bank.
You can keep them all charged as though installed, or you can take some away from the campground outside gen hours and use the gen and a battery charger all in the back of the truck while driving around sight-seeing. Lots of ways to do it, but first you need more batteries.
