Charging the battery with generator issue
I'm not new to using my little Honda 2000i to charge my battery while boondocking, but on a recent outing at a music festival I ran my generator for nearly 2 hours and my battery didn't charge. Then ...
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Parrothead Mike wrote:ECO mode will kill the already weak 12v charging. ECO mode does not affect 120v output for charging.
OP here - Thanks for all the excellent input. You're right, I need to understand the charging/battery/converter issue better. I've never been much at electronics.
At this point I think I'm going to take my Schumacher battery charger along as a back up for this weekend. Of course I'll first try charging the usual way, but use the charger if that doesn't work. A longer charge will also help. One thing I did while charging when it failed was I switched over to the Eco feature and that definitely didn't help the charge I was hoping for.
Thanks again everyone!
Hopefully the Schumacher is at least 10 amps. 20 to 40 is even better. I recommend starting the Schumacher first then plugging the main cord into the generator. May as well skip the direct 12v connection.
Open the fuse/breaker panel and post the model number of the panel or converter for best answers.
