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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westend wrote:
As in not allowed in Deutschland? Nicht. :B It's quite OK. Electrically, you have two supplies of direct current into one (or multiple) storage devices. Practically speaking, if you get lucky, the two charging devices will both add current together and one won't drop immediately to float (although that will still be some additive current into the battery/s). I would guess, with a WFCO, it would never come out of float, or only briefly. That is from the history of their products reported on this Forum and others. I don't own one.
I do own a PD deckmount converter and it is still perfectly functional and 45 years old. Tell me about the electrical devices you own that are 45 yrs. old. Yeah, me too.
I'd suggest you buy this PD upgrade unit but I'm spending your money, lol. The nice thing about that unit is it comes with a remote so you can operate it into absorption mode when on the generator.
Thanks!
Sorry for the late reply. I came here to post an update and see I didn't repond. Glad to hear I can have multiple sources. Might carry an extra charger with us this trip to supplement the OEM converter.
We have coming shortly one of these: Xantrex PROsine 1800watt hardwired
It's used, but that's good, we don't have $1100 for an inverter ;)
I'll post up some pics and stuff when it arrives.
