Battery-generator-charging upgrades?
This year will be our longest boondocking trip to date 7-10 days and want to upgrade our camper for this trip. I'd appreciate some suggestions and feedback to make sure we spend our limited budget wis...
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theoldwizard1 wrote:SoundGuy wrote:
1 hr bulk charge? ... you're dreaming. Even with something like a PD9260 it's going to take far more than just 1 hr to get a pair of T105s from say 50% DOD to 80% ... most aim for 90% if they can get there.
Concur. 2-3 hours, but the hampion 3100 is a good choice.
The best batteries are Trojan or Rolls. The T105RE is very good. If you are on a budget a couple of GC2 from Costco is a good alternative, they just won't last as long as the Trojans.
For your cabin, they make "full size" propane refrigerators.
What is the amps needed to charge as fast as they can?
If C/10 still holds for GC deep cycle, they are about 220-240ah IIRC. That would mean 24amps at 12v in series, right?
If so, my charger would need 24amps plus whatever DC items I'm currently running, right?
Guess we gotta first figure out how many 12amps we need for the charging and the camper?? I have various chargers around that might work, depending.
