Thank you professor. Your response to this issue sure helps to confirm a lot of things to me. I bought a 3 stage intellegent converter to charge my batteries faster than the stock WFCO converter. I installed the converter 4' away from the batteries and installed 4 gauge wire attemping to do all the right things right to maximize voltage to my batteries. My IOTA DLS55 sure works great when plugged in to shore power. I only wish I would have plugged it into a kill-a-watt to understand what was really happening. Or better yet, thought about it before purchasing the converter and Champion 2000i to use as a combination. I was fooled by reading specifications that I didn't understand. My converter specs states 750 watt power output. I did know that the continous power rating of the genny was 1600 w but assumed I had plenty of spare capacity. Well...the education starts today.
From what I have experienced, my 55 amp converter is right on the edge of what the 2000i can handle, I will probably spend $150 on a smaller converter. I know that there are some converters with PF correction built in. Maybe I'll check into that too.
