Charge Current Questioin
With no load on the battery, converter on (WFCO 8955), and battery discharged to 11.9 volts (I know, not recommended), I read 29 amps of current on the negative battery lead (hard to access the positi...
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otrfun wrote:
With no load on the battery, converter on (WFCO 8955), and battery discharged to 11.9 volts (I know, not recommended), I read 29 amps of current on the negative battery lead (hard to access the positive terminal). This dropped to 22 amps about 30 minutes later.
1. Can I assume this is charge current?
2. Typically what is the maximum charge current when charging at 13.6 volts?
Thanks!
1: YES
2: With that converter the maximum POSSIBLE charging current is 55 amps. However you will never see that due to loads present in the RV (Each amp the RV is eating is an amp that can't be used to charge the battery) .. Wire resistance (If the converter is a distance from the batteries) and internal battery resistance.
You might get close if the batteries are like 5 volts.. But please, Please do not run 'em down that far.
