Honda 1000 will it charge my batts
I have a WFCO converter that charges at 50amps. Will the 1000 Honda do this? There will be no other real load on it. Fridge on propane. Led lighting etc. will it be running at max capacity and be l...
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chilly81 wrote:Golden_HVAC wrote:
Depending on your battery size, you probably can not charge the battery at more than 40 amps for more than a few minutes.
Fred's point is valid. I have 230Ah from 2 GC batteries with a 40A charger. I have a EU1000 and barely spikes over 30A for a few minutes.
So it really depends on what battery bank you have as to how much they will take. If you have a giant bank, then the 1000i won't supply 50A (remember, it's not 12v, it's probably more in the 14.5 range, depending on your charger.
If you consider continuous rating (800W, not 1000W) and converter efficiencies etc... I wouldn't expect much over 600W going INTO your batteries. The problem will be that if you have a big bank and your charger wants to run wide open, it will overload and shut down the eu1000i. There's likely no way to throttle the charger to only use 40A or something.
You don't say the SOC of the bank when starting the 40a charge.
A 220AH bank at 50% will accept 40a constant for approx. 110 minutes before amps start to taper at about 80% SOC. It then takes another hour to get to 90% SOC
If you are only getting a few minutes at 30a from your 40a charger, then the bank must be over 80% full already, or else the charger has a problem.
