Battery Charging and Management
First off, let me thank all of you that have been posting to this board through the years. We just purchased our first TT (Lance 2185) and picked it up last weekend. I have been reading your previou...
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I have two G29 12V batteries wired in parallel along with a marine-grade disconnect switch.
What make is your converter? If it's a WFCO then using a separate battery charger may give you better charging / shorter run time on a generator. WFCO's aren't known for readily going into "boost" mode. If you're going to use a separate charger I'd disconnect the factory converter from the circuit either by a battery disconnect switch or putting the converter on its own AC circuit breaker.
My previous HTT had a cheap single-stage Elixir converter. I supplimented it with an IOTA deck-mounted 55A one. On the new TT I mounted the IOTA to the ceiling of the front pass through which gave me a 3' cable run to the batteries. I put the factory WFCO converter on its own breaker so I can turn it on or off, it's off when using the genny and IOTA for boondocking battery charging.
Converting to LED lighting can go a long way towards conserving battery power. I put LED's in the new TT before its first trip.
What make is your converter? If it's a WFCO then using a separate battery charger may give you better charging / shorter run time on a generator. WFCO's aren't known for readily going into "boost" mode. If you're going to use a separate charger I'd disconnect the factory converter from the circuit either by a battery disconnect switch or putting the converter on its own AC circuit breaker.
My previous HTT had a cheap single-stage Elixir converter. I supplimented it with an IOTA deck-mounted 55A one. On the new TT I mounted the IOTA to the ceiling of the front pass through which gave me a 3' cable run to the batteries. I put the factory WFCO converter on its own breaker so I can turn it on or off, it's off when using the genny and IOTA for boondocking battery charging.
Converting to LED lighting can go a long way towards conserving battery power. I put LED's in the new TT before its first trip.
