Honda 1000 ?
If all we want to do is charge one/two batteries (Gr29,), is the 1000i enough. Prefer not to go 2000i, even for only $200 more. I'm concerned about size and weight, somewhat ... and will never ca...
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"According to the techies at Power Dynamics, a 25-percent charged battery will take approximately 35-hours to reach "full" charge!"
I' cant argue with techies, I don't know enough. But this statement makes NO sense. Most of the TT, 5'ers run generators for a couple hours in the AM at most, and they certainly have more that one Gr29 ... and do it day after day.
I know, bigger generators - but 35 hours makes no sense - and when I run my truck for several hours driving a day, and stop for the night, I've got plenty of charge in my TC battery.
What we're trying to figure out here is whether we can go several days, three, four, five, charging our Gr29 with only a half-hour or so, maybe half-hour in AM and half hour in PM and forgo buying a 1000i generator and losing that space.
We're going for five months - and will be four or five days in boonies, then a day or so FHU to recharge everything - bodies, water, dump, groceries - you know the drill. I want to keep the space, but if not, will buy the 1000i and give up the space. But in a TC, space is optimal.
We got that 12.06 reading after three days dry camping - no charging. So, maybe the 12.24 reading was that "float" - don't know, will do it again tomorrow and allows some time between readings and see what happens.
I know today I ran truck for one hour, then one half-hour later - and we have plenty of battery at the moment - it seems. Reading is 12.18 and that 12.24 reading was several hours ago and we've been using 'stuff' - lights, cooking, etc ... It still reads "Green" on the internal gauge.
I know, a complex question - but the real question I thought was simple - can I dry camp, run my truck for an hour or so a day charging my G29 battery, and not eventually kill the battery - after four days or so, we will always have FHU for a day in between three to four days outings.
If we can't do that, we will buy the 1000i, but it seems from what many says here, I'll have to run the generator three or four hours a day just to charge my Gr29 - and that makes no sense either. Generator should charge that battery a lot quicker than four hours from a 50% discharge to and 80% charge -
And, I don't have a 1000i, or I would simply test this charging time and tell everyone here what it is - but that 'test' would cost $800, and then I'd own the generator anyway ... Right? HA :) :)
I' cant argue with techies, I don't know enough. But this statement makes NO sense. Most of the TT, 5'ers run generators for a couple hours in the AM at most, and they certainly have more that one Gr29 ... and do it day after day.
I know, bigger generators - but 35 hours makes no sense - and when I run my truck for several hours driving a day, and stop for the night, I've got plenty of charge in my TC battery.
What we're trying to figure out here is whether we can go several days, three, four, five, charging our Gr29 with only a half-hour or so, maybe half-hour in AM and half hour in PM and forgo buying a 1000i generator and losing that space.
We're going for five months - and will be four or five days in boonies, then a day or so FHU to recharge everything - bodies, water, dump, groceries - you know the drill. I want to keep the space, but if not, will buy the 1000i and give up the space. But in a TC, space is optimal.
We got that 12.06 reading after three days dry camping - no charging. So, maybe the 12.24 reading was that "float" - don't know, will do it again tomorrow and allows some time between readings and see what happens.
I know today I ran truck for one hour, then one half-hour later - and we have plenty of battery at the moment - it seems. Reading is 12.18 and that 12.24 reading was several hours ago and we've been using 'stuff' - lights, cooking, etc ... It still reads "Green" on the internal gauge.
I know, a complex question - but the real question I thought was simple - can I dry camp, run my truck for an hour or so a day charging my G29 battery, and not eventually kill the battery - after four days or so, we will always have FHU for a day in between three to four days outings.
If we can't do that, we will buy the 1000i, but it seems from what many says here, I'll have to run the generator three or four hours a day just to charge my Gr29 - and that makes no sense either. Generator should charge that battery a lot quicker than four hours from a 50% discharge to and 80% charge -
And, I don't have a 1000i, or I would simply test this charging time and tell everyone here what it is - but that 'test' would cost $800, and then I'd own the generator anyway ... Right? HA :) :)
