high rate charging on generator

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Thicker acid mats reduce plate area. If you understand the strength and weakness of a telecomm battery they will suit the purpose perfectly. But cycle lifetime ratings for telecomm are wholly different than cycle rating for off grid. Cycle ratings for telecomm are ONE HUNDRED PERCENT DISCHARGED - ZERO PERCENT REMAINING. There is a huge difference in how batteries are rated.

Theoretical average sampling (assumed)

Guaranteed

You guys are comparing apples to oranges. Ratings and performance wise. Like golf car and scrubber batteries telecomm batteries are more competitively priced than other AGMs and for exactly the same reason. But they have DEFINITE PURPOSE strengths and weaknesses.

I would not go Honking on Bobo the telecom battery, with the big inverter, making coffee, running the hair dryer or electric heater. But running parasitic load, LED lights, a small TV, anything that is not demanding instantaneous heavy demand draw, is probably just fine. My belief is you'll have to practice some electron conservation, or start stacking more batteries so you do have enough battery to cover heavy amp high usage draws.

The batteries are big, heavy, and like lumbering low and slow charging, as well as low and slow discharging, with steady current draw. Your usage in an RV should try to match those parameters, if you'd like these types of batteries to work for you.

I have a generator I can run if I want electric brewed coffee, while recharging the battery too with the generator. But I camp solo, no wife, no hair dryer, no instant gratification needs required at the touch of a switch or a finger. I do tend to still rough it a bit, after all, it is camping for me, not a Motor Home... big difference there.