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myredracer
Explorer II
Aug 28, 2015

How to determine rating of a new converter panel?

If I were to upgrade our basic WFCO converter to one of the good ones like PD, how do you determine the rating to use? 45, 60, 70 or 80 amps? Is bigger better? We don't dry camp and don't discharge...
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time2roll
Nomad
Aug 28, 2015
The actual rating is probably part of the panel model number.
Post it here for interpretation.

BTW when my 55 amp WFCO failed I replaced with a 35 amp. Works just fine. I went with 35 because there was no 25. Although converter mostly stays off now with solar keeping the battery charged. If you want to recharge from a small 1000 watt generator I recommend 40 amps or less.

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