Deep cycle or starter battery charging issues
I recenty moved from a class B to a small fiver. My old van had one deep cycle battery and I installed an isolator. This set up was good for several nights of light usage before I had to run the van t...
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PaulJ2 wrote:
Adding more batterys will increase your run time but will also increase your recharging time. So--you make the choice. Run the geny a short time daily, or run the geny longer every couple days. What comes out has to go back in.
Exactly ! If theres anything I hate is an inconsiderate camper running a generator 4 hrs straight .Any considerate camper will charge daily at around the evening dinner hour,....when many generators are running microwaves anyhow.
If 4 batteries result in "no gen run" time thru a weekend or what ever, or are needed for a large inverter etc, then it makes sense,
otherwise between the added weight, extra connections, extra maintainence, and double the $s burning up in battery longivity, and me listening to a generator run 4 hrs straight, 4 batteries is rediculous,......IMO I should have added.
