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BFL13
Oct 22, 2014Explorer II
Snowman9000 wrote:BFL13 wrote:
If your charger only does 40a, then on two 27s, it will take about two hours to do a 50-80. If you keep going, then in another hour you will get from 80 to 90. Three hour 50-90.
I would prefer a two hour 50-90 but that takes a 70 amp charger on two 27s, which will accept that perfectly.
The PD/Onan issue just means the PD will do fewer amps but not that many less.
One way to solve this would be a PowerMax 75a adjustable voltage model from Randy, but first make sure it is PF corrected so it can run on a 15a circuit, then consider the cost. You can do anything if money is no object!
Money is always an object. :)
Less than $100 would be sweet. Less that $200, tops. Cables not included.
I'm just looking to be able to blast some AH in, in the event of non-sunny days off-grid. I figured C/5 was a good number of amps to charge with, and two hours is about all I want to run that noisy, smelly Onan.
I'm not a battery pamperer though. I like what people say here, "my batteries work for me, not the other way around". Mine spend too much of the year idle, which is probably a bigger issue than a few hard charges per year.
I still say get the 75amper and stop fooling around--as long as Randy confirms it has PF correction so it will run on a 15a circuit. So it is $20 more than your $200 limit. You will soon forget all about that in real life.
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