smkettner wrote:
Did we recommend pushing 55 amps 30' through #6 to charge 4x GC2? :(
#4 direct is an obvious help. If pulling wire consider pulling 120vac to mount the converter close to the battery. NEC is not very big on parallel conductors so you need to replace the #6 or move the converter.
Possibly a second converter to clamp on the battery when fast charge is wanted. Although it may actually work good enough as is so maybe give it a go. The hydrometer should rise within a week and with some exercise this summer I am thinking the charge time will improve.
No, I dont think anyone here recommended it and I had my doubts of it working when the the person I bought this from said it would. I emphasized over and over about what I'm trying to accomplish and he said 6 gauge would work. I trust you guys because as you say its not guess work and you have already gone through this.
While crawling around under this thing I was amazed from day one that they run the battery wires from the converter to the other side and down the frame rail and back over to the batteries.
Ok so I will replace the 6 gauge to the converter with 4. I have 2 gauge also but the lug isn't large enough.
I can run 120 back to the battery area and install another charger. What would you buy that will do more than 14.4?
Would you isolate it from the pd4655 so they are not both connected to the batteries at the same time? Shut the breaker off for the pd4655 when using the other charger?