Relocating the battery charger help
Last summer I replaced my WFCO charger for a Powermax Boondocker PM4B-75 MBA. At the same time, I replaced the single group 24 battery with (2) 6v gf (from Batteries plus) so I have 230AH which I can...
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I prefer a two- hour recharge 50-90 to a three- hour 50-90. I also prefer doing a 50-90 every second day or longer to doing it every day.
Baby -sitting is not the issue as noted--you have to be there while the portable gen is running, so setting up a portable charger is not a big chore, and once you have it all going, you are free (while staying near the rig) for two hours to do whatever.
In order to arrange a two- hour 50-90 every second day, you have to balance your usage with your battery bank size in AH and your charger size, with sufficient generator size to run that charger.
Your options there depend on the size and type of your rig, and all sorts of things.
Solar is just a method to extend the time between generator recharges. How much time that gets extended is up to the weatherman,where you park, your latitude, and what time of year.
Each RVer has to learn himself what is possible for him by experience. He can get an indication of what is possible for him by seeing what others are doing. Each Rver is over 21 and must make his own choices.
Baby -sitting is not the issue as noted--you have to be there while the portable gen is running, so setting up a portable charger is not a big chore, and once you have it all going, you are free (while staying near the rig) for two hours to do whatever.
In order to arrange a two- hour 50-90 every second day, you have to balance your usage with your battery bank size in AH and your charger size, with sufficient generator size to run that charger.
Your options there depend on the size and type of your rig, and all sorts of things.
Solar is just a method to extend the time between generator recharges. How much time that gets extended is up to the weatherman,where you park, your latitude, and what time of year.
Each RVer has to learn himself what is possible for him by experience. He can get an indication of what is possible for him by seeing what others are doing. Each Rver is over 21 and must make his own choices.
