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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I totally agree. Most rv'ers are plugged in, so a good converter is the obvious choice. I would never consider recommending anything else for a full time pedestal hook-up.
I do truly believe, though, that many people start encountering problems when they do start boondocking occasionally, and do not fully recharge their batteries before putting them back on the converter/pedestal. I think their batteries are slowly drawn down, further and further, because they never get properly charged throughout their boondocking excursion, and then they are left to slowly charge back up over several days, if not weeks, at a voltage that simply cannot reverse the sulfation that built up during boondocking.
BFL and several others here have seen first hand how quickly overall battery capacity drops off when doing 50-80's, for example, but they also recognize the need to do "corrective" maintenance after doing so. But those who do not do this are destined to have problems down the road. As long as they're on the power teet, they'll never notice the difference, but after a few similar boondocking excurions, loss of battery capacity will become noticeable. At some point their batteries will stop taking a full charge, at which point the op will inevitably blame the batteries. Do I know this to be fact? nope. But is it a very likely reality, I believe so.
I totally agree. Most rv'ers are plugged in, so a good converter is the obvious choice. I would never consider recommending anything else for a full time pedestal hook-up.
I do truly believe, though, that many people start encountering problems when they do start boondocking occasionally, and do not fully recharge their batteries before putting them back on the converter/pedestal. I think their batteries are slowly drawn down, further and further, because they never get properly charged throughout their boondocking excursion, and then they are left to slowly charge back up over several days, if not weeks, at a voltage that simply cannot reverse the sulfation that built up during boondocking.
BFL and several others here have seen first hand how quickly overall battery capacity drops off when doing 50-80's, for example, but they also recognize the need to do "corrective" maintenance after doing so. But those who do not do this are destined to have problems down the road. As long as they're on the power teet, they'll never notice the difference, but after a few similar boondocking excurions, loss of battery capacity will become noticeable. At some point their batteries will stop taking a full charge, at which point the op will inevitably blame the batteries. Do I know this to be fact? nope. But is it a very likely reality, I believe so.
