More battery/converter/inverter questions

• A camper sizes a battery so as to discharge 50% between generator charges
• But with a generator and 60 ampere charger when the battery fills and reaches the point where 15-20 amps charge rate prevails, running the generator is a waste of time and resources
• But if the camper must have that capacity - needs a full battery then without question he battery capacity is critically too small
• Imagine thee batteries at the same point where they consume 20 amps each. Well guess what, the generator and charger is not goofing off
• Sixty amps is sixty amps in anyone's book
• Sizing a battery cank -intelligently- is NOT repeat NOT just a matter of having enough power to last between recharges when recharging with a generator
• It is a matter of keeping the generator and charger busy and not allowing them to goof off
• YES, YES more batteries means more kWh to charge to 100% state of charge
• But read this carefully, when a camper goes off on a week long boondocking trip, charges his batteries to say 80% state of charge then has access to a power pedestal WHO THE HELL CARES if it takes the charger 17 hours and twenty seven minutes to fully recharge the battery bank?
• I would not get carried away with this philosophy to the point where the batteries discharge say 30% in three days time, but a compromise between battery bank size and keeping the generator and charger busy is a real goal to shoot for
• In my case I do not fully recharge the Rolls 24V bank. I charge until total recharging amperage drops to 80, then the Kubota gets shut down. When public power is restored, the 4024 Trace has all the time in the world to recharge at its piddly 120 amp 28 volt rate.

sjturbo wrote:

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
60 amp charger potential. When two batteries are charged to the point where they are consuming 18 amps, four batteries will consume 36 amps. Think about it, especially when charging using a generator.

Thanks for coming to the show MEXICOWANDERER! So help me understand, please. Are you saying that the PD9260, (60A), will supply adequate current, Also if I am using the Mega Watt S-250-12 to Top Charge and it has a 30A continuous rating the four batteries I should be ok since by the time I am ready to Top Charge the current draw should be much less? However maybe not so easy "standard charging" for my Honda eu3000?