Converters and generators
I have a WFCO Ultra III (WF-8955) converter that requires 950W of input. I'm surprised it takes that much power to run, but maybe I'm missing something. Apparantly a 1000W generator won't provide en...
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BFL13 wrote:
The converter has a power factor of about 0.7, so that 950w input will pull about 1357VA from the gen continuous. That is nearly the continuous rating of the "2000w" gen.
If you get a small enough (low amp instead of 55amp) charger to run on the "1000w" gen, the amps will be so low it will take forever to charge the battery bank.
IMO don't even think about getting a 1000w gen for running a battery charger. It will have to run so long to get the batteries up, you might as well just stay on the gen all day and not run the batteries down in the first place :)
I was thinking about adding a 100 W solar panel.
