The WhiffCo strikes again.
How many batteries has this overemployed stock converter destroyed by refusing to seek and hold absorption voltage? Sure one might be able to maintain 13.2v powering 55 amps of DC loads when plugged into the grid or running a genset, but never ever expect that 55 amp potential be used to actually recharge the batteries in less than a week. And batteries already abused and sulfated from the Whiffcos chronic undercharging ploy, have Zero chance of ever reaching a true full charge at 13.2v, even if plugged in for months.
A 55 amp converter seeking 14.4v+ can do in an hour what would take the Whiffco a week. Running a generator to power a whiffco converter is throwing away gas money and time and annoying everybody within earshot of the generator.
The only good thing which ever came from a Whiffco, is when disassembled, they do have a nice big finned heatsink which can then be employed on capable electronics which deserve and are worthy of the extra heat dissipation. The included fan is a cheapo 80mm which is pretty high rpm and loud and powerful for an 80Mm fan. But it is sleeve bearing and prone to wearing out prematurely.
Any other converter is a serious upgrade which will pay for itself in the first set of battery's well extended lifespans, and the confidence that one has enough juice to run their loads overnight with healthy near fully charged batteries.
Anybody wishing to properly charge depleted batteries with a stock WhiffCo converter is throwing away time and money. Though those who are powerpole princesses will be 'just fine', until the Wfco fails prematurely, as they are known to do.
