How long to recharge battery from shorepower?
The few times I have camped without electricity I have left before the battery was exhausted (two days) or I jumped it from the truck for 15 to 20 minutes to get through a third day and into the fourt...
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rbpru wrote:
My question is, if I bought a small 700 watt generator or could plug into shore power for a short period of time, how long does it take my three stage WFCO charger to bring the battery back to full charge?
A WFCO probably never will as rarely does anyone report their WFCO capable of it's advertised 14.4 volt bulk charge rate. I'd be one - turned mine off permanently and replaced it with a stand alone charger that does do a 14.4 bulk charge.
How long? Well, how many batteries, what capacity, how depleted, etc, etc, etc? Until you provide those answers no one can really answer your question.
Don't waste your time with such a small solar system as just 45 watts ... useful perhaps for maintaining a single battery while the trailer is in storage but little else.
