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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Thanks to both of you for more great info. I really am an ignoramus regarding both electricity in general and especially regarding Rv electrical systems. I'm not new to Rving, having owned both a 5th wheel toyhauler and small class A in the past, but both of those where bought used with a pair of 6 volt batteries in place. The prior owners said both electrical systems worked perfectly and battery life had been excellent so I paid little attention to what the components were and simply tried to keep the batteries well watered and well charged. Everything went very will - ignorance really can be bliss sometimes! :o)
So a lot of the terminology and abbreviations I've encountered on this thread are new to me. The latest - what is C3, C4, etc.? Just to be sure I understand the manual operation of the Boondocker BPCM, do you mean if I want to do a 3 mode charge, the voltage would need to be manually set for each mode and each mode started and stopped using a switch, manually setting the bulk, absorption, and float modes each time a charge is done? Or can the voltage for all three modes be set in advance, the charge started, and it would cycle through all three modes without further input needed? I suspect it's the former, but just want to be sure I fully understand one before I purchase it. I do plan to call Best Converter on Monday.
Could I either replace the WFCO with the Boondocker or can both be used, each one doing some functions, like the Boondocker for charging and the WFCO for float mode and/or the converter function?
Sorry to be so painfully uninformed. Once again, I greatly appreciate all the assistance I've gotten on this forum.
Hope everyone is having a great Thanksgiving, except you Canadians but only because it isn't your Thanksgiving Day. :o) Btw, thinking of Canada, I know a whole lot more about hockey than I do electricity!!
Mike
I don't know how to get rid of those faces - they were intended to be smiley faces but they were changed to what's in the post, whatever those are intended to be.
So a lot of the terminology and abbreviations I've encountered on this thread are new to me. The latest - what is C3, C4, etc.? Just to be sure I understand the manual operation of the Boondocker BPCM, do you mean if I want to do a 3 mode charge, the voltage would need to be manually set for each mode and each mode started and stopped using a switch, manually setting the bulk, absorption, and float modes each time a charge is done? Or can the voltage for all three modes be set in advance, the charge started, and it would cycle through all three modes without further input needed? I suspect it's the former, but just want to be sure I fully understand one before I purchase it. I do plan to call Best Converter on Monday.
Could I either replace the WFCO with the Boondocker or can both be used, each one doing some functions, like the Boondocker for charging and the WFCO for float mode and/or the converter function?
Sorry to be so painfully uninformed. Once again, I greatly appreciate all the assistance I've gotten on this forum.
Hope everyone is having a great Thanksgiving, except you Canadians but only because it isn't your Thanksgiving Day. :o) Btw, thinking of Canada, I know a whole lot more about hockey than I do electricity!!
Mike
I don't know how to get rid of those faces - they were intended to be smiley faces but they were changed to what's in the post, whatever those are intended to be.
