Magnum energy hybrid VS Victron

BFL13 wrote:

hbski wrote:
That said, if the only duty for the Honda 2000 (1600W continuous) is the charger, it should be able to keep up 1600/12 = 133 Amps.....of course there are efficiencies to consider too so 100ish at least. Since I'm going the res frig, I'm going to be putting a significant battery bank of ~ 360 Ah usable....thus the desire to charge at over 100A.

I question paying for the 125 or higher (some inverter/chargers have 150a) charger portion if you have to dial down your input to suit the small genny, but there are always trade-offs in this game.

IMO the OP is under-estimating the difficulties of high amp charging and gen VA to run the charger(s). Eg my Honda 3000 is maxed with 130a of non-PF corrected charger. 135a will pop its breaker. Using the PF corrected 100 amper and additional 50a of non-PF corrected Vector chargers, I can do 150a charging to max out the 3000.

The 100a PF corrected charger has a big starting in rush too so the Honda has to be warmed up a few minutes, leave eco-off, start the 100a, let it run a minute or two, then turn eco off. (or it will just conk out)

The 100amp PF corrected charger will run on 15a ( 1800w?) just barely, but AFAIK the Honda 2000 is less than 15--ISTR 13a (1600w) AC rated?

Charging at over 100a means you need to get serious about the generator supply! ISTR the Yamaha with electric start has some feature the Honda does not where its little battery can help with a starting surge like the 100a charger in-rush resembles?

PT is the expert on the OP's main question; I am just mentioning the gen/charger match issue on the side. However if it does lead to more gen, the inverter boost requirement might go away, can't say.

Well, most times charging at 100A+ will likely not be required.....will have the solar to add a few amps. However, If I want to pull out the stops and get'er done quick, having the option is nice.....13.33A out of the honda (may go other brand/capacity) should almost keep up if nothing else is going on (133.33 @ 80% is 106amp.....should be able to set either the Victron or the Magnum to only pull 12A AC, so then you'd be sure not to overload the genny right? and it'd be putting 96A to the batteries, and again might go higher on the genny to suit.

Mainly I'm interested in trying to glean knowledge about these two options from those who have used them. The manuals are all well and good, but they don't completely spec the same items so it's sometimes a little hard to weed out the differences. Separate solutions across the board would be nice, but I really would like the option of using the boosting capability of either of these.