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BFL13
Aug 06, 2014Explorer II
A guy here has a 3000w inverter on a beat-up pair of 6s on their last legs. He can run his microwave, etc, no problem for long enough. He has solar so the batts stay fairly full, which means they stay above inverter alarm voltage.
The OP didn't say he wants fast charging of both banks off grid. His converter will get them mostly charged on shore power in slow time, so he doesn't need fat wiring.
If he did want fast charging off grid he can do one bank at a time with a VEC1093DBD and not have to worry about his trailer wiring runs. Or both banks with two 1093s but needs enough generator for that, a 2000w gen should do two 40a VECs. (I think! Haven't tried it)
So IMO before the OP runs out and gets all that fat wire and changes his plan, maybe say more about what the camping circumstances will be. Might all work just fine as planned.
The OP didn't say he wants fast charging of both banks off grid. His converter will get them mostly charged on shore power in slow time, so he doesn't need fat wiring.
If he did want fast charging off grid he can do one bank at a time with a VEC1093DBD and not have to worry about his trailer wiring runs. Or both banks with two 1093s but needs enough generator for that, a 2000w gen should do two 40a VECs. (I think! Haven't tried it)
So IMO before the OP runs out and gets all that fat wire and changes his plan, maybe say more about what the camping circumstances will be. Might all work just fine as planned.
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