Problems with Boondocker 60 amp converter
Having issues with this converter, won't do more than 13.6 volts, ever.
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No contempt...just having fun...
Ooooooooooo I love it when someone tries to use a smart converter with an undersized generator.
BWAHHHHHHHHHHHH All's I gots to do is waits for the generator to warm-up, then throws this switch and...
BWAHHHHHHurp...
I connected the Borg, ran the voltage back to 12.25 volts and fired up a 2-cycle Harbor Fright 750 watt generator. Waited a couple of minutes, then flipped a switch. No charge, no engine noise difference.
Slowly tweaking the dial (pot) incrementally the generator started to load. More and more tweakzies. The engine loaded down enough for me to stop. 33-amperes. High altitude? Different generator? No problemo.
Now a dual RSVP 400-watt Meanwells setup would outperform the Megawatts. To say otherwise would be foolish. Power Factor correction is power factor correction.
But normally the Borg is connected to a generator the size of a 3-bedroom 2-bath stucco rancher. The Kubota can handle it. And last but not least my social insecurity got drained bad enough as it was.
I recommend a power supply to do what a converter on a generator cannot do in a reasonable amount of run time. A three-day outing is NOT BOONDOCKING. Being off grid for at least two weeks is boondocking. Given enough pedestal hookup time, even a smart charger might eventually overcome its boondocking sins and bring specific gravity back to near reality full charge.
When I perched on a beach down here, three to six MONTHS of off-grid really brought out the cantankerous nature of house batteries. Then there were no boondocker converters, powerful power supplies, merely consumer and industrial stuff. I remember paying more than 200-dollars for a hand carried made-in-USA manual charger that peaked out around 46-amps on a good day. When BW Magnatek brought out their 952 switch type power supply battery charger to replace the venerable 775-2 ferroresonant they were ecstatic. FASTER! they cried. Single stage charging. I had modified three 775-2 chargers by substituting Shottkey rectifiers for silicon rectifiers. The fourth remained silicon for park hookup.
Today, it's a veritable Alice in Wonderland with power supplies and converters.
But the THIRTY YEAR OLD TRACE 2500 SB inverter charger remains top o the heap when it comes to doing a thorough job recharging a battery. Yep, it's better than the BORG. 120-amps recharge rate, adjustable everything from a front dial. Even scalable temperature compensation. But it wasn't ever intended to be carried and it weighed a lot.
Mere images of the BORG would be sorta boring, wouldn't ya think? After all, it's just a battery charger...
Ooooooooooo I love it when someone tries to use a smart converter with an undersized generator.
BWAHHHHHHHHHHHH All's I gots to do is waits for the generator to warm-up, then throws this switch and...
BWAHHHHHHurp...
I connected the Borg, ran the voltage back to 12.25 volts and fired up a 2-cycle Harbor Fright 750 watt generator. Waited a couple of minutes, then flipped a switch. No charge, no engine noise difference.
Slowly tweaking the dial (pot) incrementally the generator started to load. More and more tweakzies. The engine loaded down enough for me to stop. 33-amperes. High altitude? Different generator? No problemo.
Now a dual RSVP 400-watt Meanwells setup would outperform the Megawatts. To say otherwise would be foolish. Power Factor correction is power factor correction.
But normally the Borg is connected to a generator the size of a 3-bedroom 2-bath stucco rancher. The Kubota can handle it. And last but not least my social insecurity got drained bad enough as it was.
I recommend a power supply to do what a converter on a generator cannot do in a reasonable amount of run time. A three-day outing is NOT BOONDOCKING. Being off grid for at least two weeks is boondocking. Given enough pedestal hookup time, even a smart charger might eventually overcome its boondocking sins and bring specific gravity back to near reality full charge.
When I perched on a beach down here, three to six MONTHS of off-grid really brought out the cantankerous nature of house batteries. Then there were no boondocker converters, powerful power supplies, merely consumer and industrial stuff. I remember paying more than 200-dollars for a hand carried made-in-USA manual charger that peaked out around 46-amps on a good day. When BW Magnatek brought out their 952 switch type power supply battery charger to replace the venerable 775-2 ferroresonant they were ecstatic. FASTER! they cried. Single stage charging. I had modified three 775-2 chargers by substituting Shottkey rectifiers for silicon rectifiers. The fourth remained silicon for park hookup.
Today, it's a veritable Alice in Wonderland with power supplies and converters.
But the THIRTY YEAR OLD TRACE 2500 SB inverter charger remains top o the heap when it comes to doing a thorough job recharging a battery. Yep, it's better than the BORG. 120-amps recharge rate, adjustable everything from a front dial. Even scalable temperature compensation. But it wasn't ever intended to be carried and it weighed a lot.
Mere images of the BORG would be sorta boring, wouldn't ya think? After all, it's just a battery charger...
