New converter, or whole power center?
Hi all, I have a 1988 Class C with the older Magnetek 6300A power center. I'd like to upgrade the converter, and see I can do that for around $130. I also see I can get a whole new power center, a WF...
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I had a total of SEVEN used WFCO's shipped to me as the owners got tired of battery failures. They worked as a bench power supply at 13.6 volts at a 10% load but all of them failed utterly. An integral blown 10-amp fuse and front end controller failure. Not worth fixing. So I strip the solid block aluminum heat sink and then have it sawn from both sides into half inch wide strips with an inch and a half wide center support column. With a muffin fan blowing directly at it, the sawn heat sink makes a decent all-purpose heat sink. The rest of the unit is pathetic including the fan.
The proof of the pudding is yes or no, does it keep the battery charged? The answer is NO! Maybe others like dealing with batteries that put 80% of a charge into a battery. Yeah! 100 amp hours of usable power shortchanged to 80 amp hours or even less. It takes a pretty Fart Smeller to be satisfied with the capacity loss of their bank.
The proof of the pudding is yes or no, does it keep the battery charged? The answer is NO! Maybe others like dealing with batteries that put 80% of a charge into a battery. Yeah! 100 amp hours of usable power shortchanged to 80 amp hours or even less. It takes a pretty Fart Smeller to be satisfied with the capacity loss of their bank.
