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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OP needs to go out, camp, and meter some actual usage first. He might need 40 amps, he might need 50 to 90's, but in the end, like most of us dry campers boondocking, he'll need something that runs off a generator and quick charges to 85 or 90% in 1.5 to 2 hours at 14.8v, and he'll need 200-300 watts of solar panel, a 30 amp adjustable solar panel charge controller, that he can get 15.0, 15.3 maybe 15.5 on occasion while disconnected from the rest of the travel trailer when equalize charging.
This is the path most of us go down. If on a budget, get the Mega Watt 36 amp unit. It will get you 40+ amps, and it will feed amps at that level or near it, if set at 14.8V, as long as the batteries will gobble it up. This is for a pair of GC-2 batteries. 2 hours on the generator should be fine if the day is sunny, let the solar panels top charge off the rest of the day at 15.0V.
I'm in the camp that too many people are doing their batteries a dis service by not top charging them as close to 100% as possible, daily. And I've seen what happens when you don't top charge on a regular basis... it's not good for the battery and sulfation.
That's the Reader's Digest Condensed Version, as near as I could determine, for my 21 foot travel trailer and me, camping solo. My use is 35-50-55 amps a day. YMMV. Go camp, see what you use, then get back to us.
This is the path most of us go down. If on a budget, get the Mega Watt 36 amp unit. It will get you 40+ amps, and it will feed amps at that level or near it, if set at 14.8V, as long as the batteries will gobble it up. This is for a pair of GC-2 batteries. 2 hours on the generator should be fine if the day is sunny, let the solar panels top charge off the rest of the day at 15.0V.
I'm in the camp that too many people are doing their batteries a dis service by not top charging them as close to 100% as possible, daily. And I've seen what happens when you don't top charge on a regular basis... it's not good for the battery and sulfation.
That's the Reader's Digest Condensed Version, as near as I could determine, for my 21 foot travel trailer and me, camping solo. My use is 35-50-55 amps a day. YMMV. Go camp, see what you use, then get back to us.
