Question on charging batteries with Gen
We will be picking up our new to us toy hauler next week. It has a 23 CF residential refrigerator and an 80 amp converter. For the 1-2 times a year that I do not have shore power, Would my 2200 genera...
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Depends if the charger really tries to put out 80amps. If not much else is running, should be OK. If you can scale it back to a lower output, no problem.
If you find it is having a problem, you could pick up a cheap 20amp automotive battery charger and do it manually if it's only rare occasions.
One issue with an 80amp charger is your battery bank may not be able to absorb 80amps even fully discharged and assuming lead-acid batteries, no where close once you get about 80% charged.
100w solar will likely be marginal for much more than a day or two of camping...especially if you are running other items.
If you find it is having a problem, you could pick up a cheap 20amp automotive battery charger and do it manually if it's only rare occasions.
One issue with an 80amp charger is your battery bank may not be able to absorb 80amps even fully discharged and assuming lead-acid batteries, no where close once you get about 80% charged.
100w solar will likely be marginal for much more than a day or two of camping...especially if you are running other items.
