What is the Ideal Battery Charging System?
I am a retired graduate mechanical engineer so I am not totally stupid about batteries but I have been reading many posts on this forum and I am completely overwhelmed and baffled. Specifically, I ha...
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Adding the word "ideal" to your question puts it into another class. If you are doing a lot of boondocking and need to run the gen, then the PD converter is not ideal. The PD is a crowd favorite, but isn't ideal. No one likes generators. You want minimal gen run times. That means getting a converter that charges batteries fast. You will also need to beef up the charging cable from batteries to converter. One key to fast charging is placing the converter close to batteries with big fat cables (2 gauge cable).
The first thing I would do is purchase a 100A shunt panel amp meter (from ebay) and measure charging current. Does charging current quickly decay? If yes, you got problems.
Sal
The first thing I would do is purchase a 100A shunt panel amp meter (from ebay) and measure charging current. Does charging current quickly decay? If yes, you got problems.
Sal
msiminoff wrote:
However, there is no one right answer to your question and the ideal charging system really depends upon how you intend to use your camper. Without a lot more information, it's pretty tough to say "Buy this charger and use it in this fashion”.
-Mark
