Stand alone battery charger recommendations

I have a Stanley BC4009 40 Amp charger that works well. It's available at Amazon for $80.
Stanley 40 amp charger

If you can find one, the Black & Decker VEC1093DBD 40 amp charger is another choice.

I've had one of these manual, wheeled Shop chargers for around 15 years. It is like a Timex.

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The regressive dynamics converter
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Which converter is this ? I never heard of it.

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
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I appreciate the advise. This course of action did not yield the specific results I was looking for. Sorry to waste your time, but I appreciate your post.:(

smkettner wrote:
www.boatandrvaccessories.com/schumacher-40 amp-battery-charger $110

But honestly I recommend replacing the WFCO with a PD4655.
www.bestconverter.com/PD4655-55-Amp-Converter-Upgrade $200

Great suggestions, thank you. A garage charger is needed anyways, and the camper will get 6v's within the next year. After that, then the onboard charger will get replaced. Off grid only happens 2-3 times a year.

Dakota98 wrote:
Maybe THIS ONE

That's a slick little unit right there!

RoyB wrote:
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

Hi Roy, exactly. I already understand the WFCO never reaches max performance and plugging directly into the genny is a last option if I don't acquire a stand alone within the next week. The stand alone will provide a higher charge than the WFCO, looking for a good charger for other projects too.

Not a campground, it's an outdoor sporting event at a sportsmans club. 2 loud champions will be running to provide power to the outdoor pavilion and accessories. I appreciate your concern and assumptions this is my first year camping:B

2oldman wrote:
What's wrong with the WFCO? And it's amp-hours, and CO detector.

They typically don't provide max output, lots of better units than this model. I appreciate the unit corrections. I'll let auto correct know it needs to update its algorithm when determining outputs.:C

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
/Looking for recommendations for best charger under $150, preferably $100.

The regressive dynamics converter under 100 dollars. My 65 dollar Megawatt would kick it's ass in a full charging time-contest. FREE STANDING Does the regressive dynamics come with a tripod

For HTH John's Sake :)

Who's John?

/Looking for recommendations for best charger under $150, preferably $100.

The regressive dynamics converter under 100 dollars. My 65 dollar Megawatt would kick it's ass in a full charging time-contest. FREE STANDING Does the regressive dynamics come with a tripod

For HTH John's Sake :)

What's wrong with the WFCO? And it's amp-hours, and CO detector.

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

Maybe THIS ONE

www.boatandrvaccessories.com/schumacher-40 amp-battery-charger $110

But honestly I recommend replacing the WFCO with a PD4655.
www.bestconverter.com/PD4655-55-Amp-Converter-Upgrade $200

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