BFL13 wrote:
My original reason for keeping the 7355 was that it was miles from the batts on wiring too difficult to change, so anything going in its place would be just as bad from voltage drop on those wires.
Once the solution was seen to be to use a deck mount converter or charger up front close to the batteries to get short/fat wiring, there was no need to replace the 7355. I have had a variety of fast chargers up front, but the 7355 keeps chugging along doing its job whenever I have shore power.
When generator charging, I like to disconnect the batts, run the rig with the 7355, and use the fast charger(s) on the batts. This means there is no draw on the batts while I am trying to charge them at the same time.
This is what I do also... deck mounted PD 9245, direct to the battery, short cable disconnect the battery from the travel trailer, and run the stock WFCO 8955 off the generator too, to power the insides of the travel trailer, while the generator is on. Really gets a good bulk charge in the battery, when done this way. That battery isolation helps get the battery charge % up there as close as possible, without the PD 9245 suffering a voltage drop, powering the trailer at the same time. All the little things add up.
