Should I Change My WFCO Converter?
Opinions have often been expressed, both on this and other RV forums, that most stock RV converters are inadequate to properly charge and maintain batteries and are often of poor quality. It is frequ...
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Hi,
You only need the 60 amp True Charger if planning to recharge with a generator. For shore power 40 amps will be fine.
Or take BFL's sage advice and add a vector charger to your arsenal.
I'd prefer to see your hard earned dollars put into a solar system. A good Solar charge controller will be more flexible than the True Charger, and probably cheaper, too!
You only need the 60 amp True Charger if planning to recharge with a generator. For shore power 40 amps will be fine.
Or take BFL's sage advice and add a vector charger to your arsenal.
I'd prefer to see your hard earned dollars put into a solar system. A good Solar charge controller will be more flexible than the True Charger, and probably cheaper, too!
liketoride2 wrote:
He also confirmed the commonly held belief on this forum that oem converters outputs do not meet Trojan's recommendations and won't do an adequate job in maintaining or equalizing their batteries (there goes my WFCO!).
When asked if he had a recommendation for an after market converter that would do the job he said "the Xantrex Truecharge 2."
Researching the Xantrex online for the first time I found it charges at 14.2 to 15.5 volts, floats at 13.4 to 13.8, and equalizes at 16, confirming what the agent said.
The Xantrex Truecharge 2 is very expensive, the cheapest I could find on Amazon being $293 for the 40 amp and $480 for the 60 amp. Since my WFCO is 55 amps I suppose I need the 60 amp?
If anyone has any suggestions for any other converter that will charge at 14.8 and equalize at 15.5, please let me know. I realize that some may disagree with Trojan's recommendations but since they manufacture the batteries I feel I should follow those recommendations.
Thank you all for your help and advice, I really appreciate it and learned a lot from this thread. This forum is a fountain of knowledge on RV electrical issues.
Mike
