Need a quick answer from the battery guru's
I thought I remember this being talked about, but knowing that the battery chargers in the RV/trailer tends not to deliver enough amps to bring the batteries up from a low charge (say like overnight u...
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A weekend's worth of use is a whole different animal than relying on a converter and generator for weeks-on-end.
A manual battery charger is useful to top charge the batteries to inhibit hard sulfation. Charging the batteries at 14.8 volts (flooded lead acid) is about the fastest way to reach full, or near full charge. Others can wait hours on end for a gyro gearloose converter to try its best. But gasoline is going up in smoke along with the contents of my wallet and I am unwilling to pay hundreds of dollars "proving a point ("Well full charge CAN be done with a Markleberger Converter. Just give it a few extra hours. Ignore the generator").
I use a CHEAP 10-amp manual charger and an equally cheap manual timer to get better results than paying hundreds and hundreds of dollars for an "upgraded" converter when relying on a generator. If you already have a three step "trams" converter it is good enough as is. As long as it does not malfunction.
A manual battery charger is useful to top charge the batteries to inhibit hard sulfation. Charging the batteries at 14.8 volts (flooded lead acid) is about the fastest way to reach full, or near full charge. Others can wait hours on end for a gyro gearloose converter to try its best. But gasoline is going up in smoke along with the contents of my wallet and I am unwilling to pay hundreds of dollars "proving a point ("Well full charge CAN be done with a Markleberger Converter. Just give it a few extra hours. Ignore the generator").
I use a CHEAP 10-amp manual charger and an equally cheap manual timer to get better results than paying hundreds and hundreds of dollars for an "upgraded" converter when relying on a generator. If you already have a three step "trams" converter it is good enough as is. As long as it does not malfunction.
