Charging Battery with Generator
I have a 2015 Jayco 26BHS. How do I charge my batteries while dry camping for a few days with an 800 watt inverter generator? I checked prior posts, but couldn't quite figure it out. Do I p...
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Either way is fine with us however my ON-BOARD PD9260C which requires abit more power to operate does a much better job of re-charging my batteries back up to their 90% charge state. Just takes around three hours of generator run time to get my three batteries charged each morning.
My portable 40AMP battery charger is a B&D VEC1093DBD which needs 780WATTS AC to operate it and being just 40AMPs I only get to re-charge two batteries in a three hour time frame...
My Generator is a 2KW Honda EU2000i...
I have my best battery performance by starting out each day/night run off my batteries when they are at the 90% charge state...
Others may just charge for an hour or so each day but that never really works for me. My batteries start losing more performance each day doing this. I'm always afraid I will do harm to my battery bank.
Probably just me but thats what I do each morning during breakfast where I am allowed to run my generator for three hours...
Roy Ken
My portable 40AMP battery charger is a B&D VEC1093DBD which needs 780WATTS AC to operate it and being just 40AMPs I only get to re-charge two batteries in a three hour time frame...
My Generator is a 2KW Honda EU2000i...
I have my best battery performance by starting out each day/night run off my batteries when they are at the 90% charge state...
Others may just charge for an hour or so each day but that never really works for me. My batteries start losing more performance each day doing this. I'm always afraid I will do harm to my battery bank.
Probably just me but thats what I do each morning during breakfast where I am allowed to run my generator for three hours...
Roy Ken
