Generator Charge Time?
For those that boon-dock and charge with a generator ... Estimate the re-charge time on a Honda 2200i (or a 2000i, if you have that) for a single Deker 220a AGM battery after fifty percent discharg...
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We boondock almost exclusively and from reading here on the Tech Issues forum, the 2 biggest changes I made were 1) upgrading the converter to a Progressive Dynamics and 2) upgrading the wiring from the converter to the batteries.
The WFCO converter that came OEM wasn't ever going into "boost" mode when charging...so it was a 3-stage converter that only operated in 2 stages. With the PD4260 I can use the charge wizard feature to boost charging from 13.6v to 14.4v. Then by upgrading the #8 wire to the batteries to a #2 wire, I can deliver more amperage with lower voltage drop.
The result is I can run the Honda about 2 hrs a day and recharge to 100%.
The WFCO converter that came OEM wasn't ever going into "boost" mode when charging...so it was a 3-stage converter that only operated in 2 stages. With the PD4260 I can use the charge wizard feature to boost charging from 13.6v to 14.4v. Then by upgrading the #8 wire to the batteries to a #2 wire, I can deliver more amperage with lower voltage drop.
The result is I can run the Honda about 2 hrs a day and recharge to 100%.
