Charging Amps engine alternator vs Generator
After spending 3 days dry camping in my Class C at Yosemite, I fired up my generator to defrost some bagels in the microwave. I have a Xantrex Battery Monitor and noticed I was down about 65 amps for...
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OP,
My Class C has the converter going through 27.5 feet of #6 wire, then 3' of #2, to get to the batteries. If yours is like that, even the upgraded converter is going to struggle. I can and will relocate or replace mine into a kitchen cabinet under and behind a drawer. From that point it will only be about 5 feet of wire total to the batteries. The existing wires going back to the distribution panel will remain in use, there just won't be a converter back there too.
You might have a similar place to mount a converter. You'd have to run its 120v power cord to an outlet, which in my case is no big deal.
My Class C has the converter going through 27.5 feet of #6 wire, then 3' of #2, to get to the batteries. If yours is like that, even the upgraded converter is going to struggle. I can and will relocate or replace mine into a kitchen cabinet under and behind a drawer. From that point it will only be about 5 feet of wire total to the batteries. The existing wires going back to the distribution panel will remain in use, there just won't be a converter back there too.
You might have a similar place to mount a converter. You'd have to run its 120v power cord to an outlet, which in my case is no big deal.
