Yamaha ef2000 charging the batteries
We mostly dry camp. For years I have been keeping the batteries charged by plugging in the trailer power cord to a small Honda or my new Yamaha 2000 watt generator. Trailer has a 7355 Parallax conver...
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Dalo wrote:
The Yamaha genny has a 12 volt outlet that puts out 8 amps. Would this be a better way to charge my batteries directly from the generator?
No. That genset 12 vdc charging output is unregulated and can easily result in overcharging your batteries. Instead invest in a good stand alone charger, plug it into the genset, and charge with it. In my case, I simply turned off my crappy WFCO 8955 converter and instead use a CTEK Multi US 7002 to charge the trailer battery. In your case, because you're using a genset as your charging source, you'd be better off with a CTEK Multi US 25000 for much shorter genset runtime. NOCO also offers similar products.
