Replacing my Converter/Charger - Help
Hi Guys/Gals I have a 25' Weekend Warrior toy hauler and last week in Baja my my Iota DSL-30 converter/charger stopped working I bought a PowerMax PM4 100A converter/charger to replace it I was thi...
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If I try the 100 amp first in that configuration will it mess anything up?"
No. Worst it can do is pop the 120v circuit breaker. Most likely it will stay at 13.6 and do fewer amps because the battery acceptance rate is not so much with only two 6s. On charged up batteries it will do just fine as a shore power converter to run the rig at 13.6, same as what your 30 amper did.
Your problem will be meeting the specs to keep the 6s from going bad in three years instead of more like six or seven years, unless you can give them sone charging time at 14.8v
If you are stuck with the 100, give it a shot for sure--you should be able to fit it into your situation. Or just get two more 6s and now you are wishing you had more than the 100. :)
" Reviews are saying it only puts out 80 amps tested and works fine on 15 amp circuits"
Hogwash. It will do more like 103 amps constant for however long it takes before amps taper as the battery voltage reaches 14.6v. If anybody is only getting 80 amps, they have a bad set-up:
A. low voltage input -less than 105v (long extension cord?)
B. more likely they used #8 wire or whatever too thin for 100 amps so they can't get the 100. With the 100 amper you need #1 AWG to get proper results for 6ft distance converter-battery. (two lengths of six feet)
It will also work on 15a doing 100/14.8 but needs the 120v to be near 120v like with a Honda gen at 125v no problem. On lower 120v, and only doing 80 of course it will work on 15. Some "reviewers" don't have a clue, sorry to say. :(
Here is my 100 amper (early style adjustable voltage type in early 2013 ) doing 103 amps set to 14.8v on four 6s.
If I try the 100 amp first in that configuration will it mess anything up?"
No. Worst it can do is pop the 120v circuit breaker. Most likely it will stay at 13.6 and do fewer amps because the battery acceptance rate is not so much with only two 6s. On charged up batteries it will do just fine as a shore power converter to run the rig at 13.6, same as what your 30 amper did.
Your problem will be meeting the specs to keep the 6s from going bad in three years instead of more like six or seven years, unless you can give them sone charging time at 14.8v
If you are stuck with the 100, give it a shot for sure--you should be able to fit it into your situation. Or just get two more 6s and now you are wishing you had more than the 100. :)
" Reviews are saying it only puts out 80 amps tested and works fine on 15 amp circuits"
Hogwash. It will do more like 103 amps constant for however long it takes before amps taper as the battery voltage reaches 14.6v. If anybody is only getting 80 amps, they have a bad set-up:
A. low voltage input -less than 105v (long extension cord?)
B. more likely they used #8 wire or whatever too thin for 100 amps so they can't get the 100. With the 100 amper you need #1 AWG to get proper results for 6ft distance converter-battery. (two lengths of six feet)
It will also work on 15a doing 100/14.8 but needs the 120v to be near 120v like with a Honda gen at 125v no problem. On lower 120v, and only doing 80 of course it will work on 15. Some "reviewers" don't have a clue, sorry to say. :(
Here is my 100 amper (early style adjustable voltage type in early 2013 ) doing 103 amps set to 14.8v on four 6s.
