Replacing a 55 amp converter with a 45?
MY new trailer came with a WFCO 55 amp converter. My old trailer has a Progressive Dynamics 45 amp converter with a charge wizard. I want put the PD unit in my new trailer and the WFCO in my old. Shou...
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Ryan,
I'm not sure whether you're aware of it, but your tank heaters (we have 12V heating pads in our Class C, too) are not ON constantly - they cycle ON and OFF.
It's not likely that all three of your heaters be all ON at the same time very long, so a 30 amp current draw would be happening only on hit or miss basis. I would think that a 45 amp converter should handle your tank heaters ... expecially since you mention that your lighting is LED, like ours.
Now .... if you were to drycamp in cold weather with those tank heaters going ... then that's a different set of challenges, but still not requiring a change of your converter. You'd probably need big batteries plus A LOT of solar/sun/daylight, or a lot of generator run-time if using your tank heaters several hours per day under those conditions. We carry a small and very quiet generator along for conditions such as this, but only enough gas for it for 25-30 hours of continuous running.
I'm not sure whether you're aware of it, but your tank heaters (we have 12V heating pads in our Class C, too) are not ON constantly - they cycle ON and OFF.
It's not likely that all three of your heaters be all ON at the same time very long, so a 30 amp current draw would be happening only on hit or miss basis. I would think that a 45 amp converter should handle your tank heaters ... expecially since you mention that your lighting is LED, like ours.
Now .... if you were to drycamp in cold weather with those tank heaters going ... then that's a different set of challenges, but still not requiring a change of your converter. You'd probably need big batteries plus A LOT of solar/sun/daylight, or a lot of generator run-time if using your tank heaters several hours per day under those conditions. We carry a small and very quiet generator along for conditions such as this, but only enough gas for it for 25-30 hours of continuous running.
