Trickle charger to replace Converter?
One day into a week long zion trip and all the low voltage stuff goes down... no lights and no water pump. The battery runs the low voltage 120v stuff but as the batt wore down we figure the convert...
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Letting the battery voltage drop below 12.00Vdc(50% charge state) will shorten the life of the battery. A trickle charger doesn't have the capacity to bring the battery to full charge in normal usage. A few hundred dollar converter will help to extend the battery life and save the cost of buying new batteries over the long term.
Here is a 12v battery voltage State of Charge chart:
12.6+ = 100%
12.5 = 90%
12.42 = 80%
12.32 = 70%
12.20 = 60%
12.06 = 50%
11.9 = 40%
11.75 = 30%
11.58 = 20%
11.31 = 10%
10.5 = 0%
Here is a 12v battery voltage State of Charge chart:
12.6+ = 100%
12.5 = 90%
12.42 = 80%
12.32 = 70%
12.20 = 60%
12.06 = 50%
11.9 = 40%
11.75 = 30%
11.58 = 20%
11.31 = 10%
10.5 = 0%
