Jan-25-2014 03:08 PM
Jan-28-2014 12:27 PM
mlts22 wrote:A little off topic (sorry) but make sure you get a rig with a decent battery compartment. I've seen some where the batteries were literally afterthoughts. It's like they were getting ready to ship it out and had an "OS" moment.
Very true. My fix will be an Alexandrian solution -- a trade-in to a "B" or a short "C". With this in mind, I will have a lot more options for charging, including a decently sized solar array, so generator time is kept to a minimum.
Jan-28-2014 11:45 AM
BFL13 wrote:
Your gen time to do a "50-90" is all to do with the charging rate and the voltage of the charger. Where the three-stage charger will go to mid 14s, then you can do a 50-90 with a 30% charging rate in two hours. 25% takes 2.3 hrs and 16% takes three hours.
This is close enough true whatever your battery type or size of bank. Batteries work roughly the same and are highly predictable for that reason.
eg 55amps on 220AH takes about two hrs and twenty minutes. Same thing with 110amps on 440AH or 90amps on 360AH.
I have a 700AH bank and using 140amps (20% charging rate) it takes about two and a half hours to do a 50-90.
IAW your gen time of 5-6 hrs is not something you are stuck with--you can fix that.
Jan-28-2014 11:30 AM
Jan-28-2014 11:17 AM
mlts22 wrote:
I wonder two things about the unit: dBs is the first, both putting away with a nominal load (like the RV's converter), and then running an A/C. Right now, my Yammy doesn't get anyone mad (if people actually notice it) when I fire it up for boondocking in the daytime (my furnace gobbles up ampere-hours, so it takes about 5-6 hours of run time to get the batteries to a decent SOC.)
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Jan-28-2014 11:15 AM
Jan-28-2014 10:10 AM
downtheroad wrote:58 dB @ 23 feet
dB's ?
Jan-28-2014 09:39 AM
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Jan-28-2014 07:49 AM
MrWizard wrote:
Before someone gets picky
Not full 50 amp RV service, which is 50 amps per leg
But 50 amps supply, to a 50 amp plug no 50~30 doggone needed
Like when using two Hondas or two cpe 2000w generators
Jan-26-2014 01:31 PM
MrWizard wrote:50A rigs with an EMS/load shedding would be limited to 30A unless the gen combo produces 240/120.
Before someone gets picky
Not full 50 amp RV service, which is 50 amps per leg
But 50 amps supply, to a 50 amp plug no 50~30 doggone needed
Like when using two Hondas or two cpe 2000w generators
Jan-26-2014 07:29 AM
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