MrWizard wrote:
its normally stored away, i keep it as a tester, normally for A/C season
i hooked it up for this test, will leave it in place and maybe get a 'high' amps reading thurs or fri
i have seen the converter charge meter, read 80 amps
maybe i can get a power meter reading, with an 80amp charge reading
one more test you might try
do the MW/inverter operation test
then turn off the inverter while leaving the genny and converter on
see if it stays running and what the load is
I did that. Was 119v, 13.65a, 1137w, 1635VA (no red light) shut off the inverter running the MW (load first of course) then saw:
117v, 14.49a, 1241w, 1714VA, PF 0.7 with flashing red light coming on (seems to come on when VA gets over its rated 1700w) but kept running the converter at 75 amps ok.
Yes, 80 amps is possible. I got 103a from my 100 and time2roll got 60 from his 55 WFCO. I got 62 from my 55 Parallax 4455 with short fat wires. You should get a little more than rated max amps (current limited) from your converter if you have short fat wires to the battery.
Unfortunately, PDs even with Charge Wizard don't seem to act that way from most reports. (some exceptions) On start-up they lose about 5 amps , straggle on at not quite constant amps losing some, then dip a bit more (all during the bulk stage when they should be at full rated amps constant, and then--they do the big tapering swan dive like the others do at the start of absorption stage, except from the lower amps they were at by then in the bulk stage.
I could not live with that-- I demand my constant rated or better amps all through the bulk stage. But folks on here with PDs have amazing loyalty to them. People are just weird. :)
