Recharging with external charger
I plan to recharge my trailer batteries with a generator and external charger. If I have the trailer plugged into the generator as well, will the external charger and the internal converter be fightin...
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My previous HTT had a "dumb" Elixir converter that wasn't good at battery charging. I bought an deck-mount Iota-55, and on a generator I put the IOTA right on the battery, opened the disconnect switch, and ran the trailer on the on-board Elixir converter while the IOTA charged the battery. 13.5V on the Elixir, 14.8 volts on the battery.
Fast forward to the new TT and WFCO converter. WFCO's aren't known for going into bulk mode easily. I mounted the IOTA to the ceiling of the pass through, tapped off a front bed 115V outlet, and ran a switched outlet into the pass through. The 12V side is a 3' run to the batteries. I also put the factory WFCO on it's own breaker (C-H, found one in the parts bucket!) The plan is to run the IOTA, open the disconnect switch, and let the WFCO power the trailer while the IOTA charges the battery. For camping with hookups I can shut down the IOTA and just run on the factory WFCO.
Fast forward to the new TT and WFCO converter. WFCO's aren't known for going into bulk mode easily. I mounted the IOTA to the ceiling of the pass through, tapped off a front bed 115V outlet, and ran a switched outlet into the pass through. The 12V side is a 3' run to the batteries. I also put the factory WFCO on it's own breaker (C-H, found one in the parts bucket!) The plan is to run the IOTA, open the disconnect switch, and let the WFCO power the trailer while the IOTA charges the battery. For camping with hookups I can shut down the IOTA and just run on the factory WFCO.
