Stand alone battery charger recommendations
Situation: Annual atv, archery, shooting get together. - 2015 Keystone Hideout 28BHS, electric slide, electric awning, electric jack. RV will be plugged into high-idle Duramax when setting up and t...
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Your WFCO is already a charger - just plug your shore power cable into the generator using a RV30A-15A long adapter (WALMART). This will power up your WFCO WF-8955 converter/charger unit.
The WFCO products are well know for never going into SMART MODE CHARGING voltages so a real good thing to do is like SMKETTNER says and replace the WF-8955 module only with a PD4655 smart mode converter/charger. This will charge you battery back up to its 90% charge state in just three hours of generator run time. Unless the WF8955 goes into smart mode charging it will take a day to re-charge your battery to its 90% charge state. You will not be able to run your generator that long continuous.
I made the same change out in my OFF-ROAD POPUP trailer but used the PD9260C 60AMP smart mode converter/charger instead. Works great for us keeping our three 85AH 12VDC Interstate batteries back up to the 90% charge state in just three hours of charge time...
My next question is have you checked with the campground you are going to be at. Most public campgrounds here on the East side of the USA has generator run time restrictions in place which may not fit your planned generator run time schedule. If this is PRIVATE place then no problems. Your generator is one of the loud ones too...
Roy Ken
The WFCO products are well know for never going into SMART MODE CHARGING voltages so a real good thing to do is like SMKETTNER says and replace the WF-8955 module only with a PD4655 smart mode converter/charger. This will charge you battery back up to its 90% charge state in just three hours of generator run time. Unless the WF8955 goes into smart mode charging it will take a day to re-charge your battery to its 90% charge state. You will not be able to run your generator that long continuous.
I made the same change out in my OFF-ROAD POPUP trailer but used the PD9260C 60AMP smart mode converter/charger instead. Works great for us keeping our three 85AH 12VDC Interstate batteries back up to the 90% charge state in just three hours of charge time...
My next question is have you checked with the campground you are going to be at. Most public campgrounds here on the East side of the USA has generator run time restrictions in place which may not fit your planned generator run time schedule. If this is PRIVATE place then no problems. Your generator is one of the loud ones too...
Roy Ken
