world friendship wf-8735-p converter. this any good?

One thing to keep in mind is if you don't have a battery disconnect, a charged battery will drain in a couple days with nothing on since their are thing that draw current all the time like the CO/propame detector, radio, etc.

In my case since I keep my camper at home I never worry about "when to unplug the trailer". During the camping season I plug in the trailer and turn on the refrigerator. That way during the camping season I don't bother unloading and repacking certain things each trip. I just keep things right in there like some drinks, frozen hot dogs and burgers, condiments, etc.
Food goes from my truck to the camper the day before a trip or so and never has to get carried into the house.

I just check the water level in the battery weekly. When I hook up to go camping I unplug the trailer and the fridge switches over to propane automatically and we head out.

We mostly camp at full hookup campgrounds though, so I don't worry about battery capacity.

Ray

yankeeslover wrote:
I found out the charger/converter on my 2011 featherlite is this model. is this a decent charger? im debating wether I want to return my just purchased $40.00 battery charger and save the money and instead use the onboard charger. I would just have to figure out how to tell if the battery is fully charged before I unplug camper. also, I have an interstate hd24. are these ok batteries? will 24 last a weekend of lights/pump? im not sure my battery box can hold a bigger battery, I don't think it can..

I see you had a topic 4/30 on this as well. new battery charger...please help!!!!

I have that 8735. It is an adequate 13.6V power supply and has a so-so battery charging circuit. It won't harm your battery.

My advice, keep the Schumacher, it is way smarter and will charge your battery faster as it is designed for that. I know this makes no sense, but when you need to charge in cold weather, it will work faster. I have an SC1200A 12/8/2 and use it.

The hd24 should be ok for a weekend, unless you run a furnace fan. My TT came with a single grp24 on the tongue. I could fit a grp 27, but I replaced the grp24 with an AGM and keep it inside under the bed/dinette. I use the tongue to carry a generator.

HTH;
John

smkettner wrote:
The 12 volt side of life

i advised the OP to read both I and II, back on 4/22, in another thread.
doesn't seem to have happened yet.

35 amp WFCO is a good converter. Normally you will see 13.6 volts soon after plugging in and it will drop to 13.2 volts after several days of minimal use. If the battery is super low (less than 50%) you should see voltage steadily climb to 14.4 volts and hold during the first four hours. After which it will drop to 13.6 and eventually 13.2 volts.

No other battery charger is needed or recommended (by me).

Lights are a battery hog so go easy or bring a battery lantern if you want to stay up late.

Return the charger and consider putting that money toward a second battery in parallel.

The 12 volt side of life

My WAFCO went belly up on the way home from Alaska after about 60,000 towing miles with the RV. Seems like they're pretty good for MY type of RVing anyway (mostly dry camping).

i've had a similar converter for the past 6 years of usage. never had a problem.
are there better converters out there? yes but this one is pretty standard in the RV industry.
i suggest using the trailer's converter, you can always buy a separate battery charger if you need to.