Help…about to leave for AZ & have a problem
I've had my camper plugged in to 115 Volt outlet for several days. Tried to get the slide out and found that my 2 12V batteries are about 11 volts. 1.Plugged in a battery charger over night and th...
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Homefor2,
You could keep the converter for converting only, and install an actual charger; for probably much less $$. If nothing else, it would force you to pay more attention to your batteries and charging system, and avoid such situations as you find yourself in now. ;)
Converters only charge at 13.6v during the abs stage. And it appears whatever charger you were using does the same? Whichever batteries you end up buying, they will require more than 13.6 volts to get them truly full. Yes, as long as you're plugged in to a pedestal, you'll be fine, but as soon as you try dry camping for a few days, in cold weather, you'll quickly find out how poor a job converters do at actual charging.
However, if you do decide on a new converter, be sure to get one that can be forced into boost mode, at 14.4-14.8 volts. But even then, bringing the batteries up to 14.4+ volts, and holding them there for a while, is what is required; and no converter can do that, unless it's equipped with a boost button and a pre-programmed time interval.
You could keep the converter for converting only, and install an actual charger; for probably much less $$. If nothing else, it would force you to pay more attention to your batteries and charging system, and avoid such situations as you find yourself in now. ;)
Converters only charge at 13.6v during the abs stage. And it appears whatever charger you were using does the same? Whichever batteries you end up buying, they will require more than 13.6 volts to get them truly full. Yes, as long as you're plugged in to a pedestal, you'll be fine, but as soon as you try dry camping for a few days, in cold weather, you'll quickly find out how poor a job converters do at actual charging.
However, if you do decide on a new converter, be sure to get one that can be forced into boost mode, at 14.4-14.8 volts. But even then, bringing the batteries up to 14.4+ volts, and holding them there for a while, is what is required; and no converter can do that, unless it's equipped with a boost button and a pre-programmed time interval.
