Charging batteries: inverter vs charger
Going to RMNP next week. No hook ups there, so need to recharge two 6 volt batteries daily. I will be using a Honda 2000 EUi generator. Couple questions: 1. Can I use external charger hooked to batte...
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He says inverter so I suspect that like me he has no converter but an inverter with a charge function, like our Xantrex Prosine 2.0 PSW inverter. It's battery charging is capable of up to 100 amps of charge current, user programmable, as is the voltage. I have mine set for 96 A, which is the manufacturer's recommended C20 rate for my 4 GCs, at 14.8V for the bulk charge.
If I were in his position with 2 6V GCs with an Amp Hour rating of about say 240 and go with a C20 charge rate, or about 48 Amps or for a faster charge perhaps even the C30 rate which would be 72Amps, though not without temperature compensation.
But as has been said, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT CHARGER YOU HAVE!
If I were in his position with 2 6V GCs with an Amp Hour rating of about say 240 and go with a C20 charge rate, or about 48 Amps or for a faster charge perhaps even the C30 rate which would be 72Amps, though not without temperature compensation.
But as has been said, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT CHARGER YOU HAVE!
