Wolf Creek 840 Goes Lithium

StirCrazy wrote:

MORSNOW wrote:
My 2014 Wolf Creek 850 also came with a WFCO power center. I used to hear people bash WFCO as a ticking time bomb, but in the 11 seasons of use, mine has been perfect. I've also not seen a single person say they have had a modern WFCO failure, maybe they stepped up their game and fixed their past issues?

I had a 2000 wfco fail, a 2008 wfco fail, and in My 2016 I never gave it a chance and replaced it with a PD before it even left the lot. most people won't even know they fail because they get stuck in boost, or others find they won't go into boost. in my case they both stuck in boost and killed the batteries.

if I camped with plugins most of the time I never would have known, but I mostly camp without hookups so when all of a sudden, my batteries were losing charge in 1/2 the time that they normally lasted I started wondering what's up.

WFCO is the most widely used converter in the rv business for one reason. They work ok and their cheap. (ok two reasons) you are not getting a high-end converter in a normal rv

They are "popular" because they are inexpensive. RV manufacturers use the least expensive stuff they can get their hands on.

Sadly, when it comes to charging and battery use I'm afraid that %70 or more of RV owners would NEVER NOTICE as they exclusively use FULL HOOKUP campgrounds.

(why they wasted $$$ on a 'fully self contained' RV in the 1st place is beyond me. However you might be amazed at how many don't carry water or even propane for example)


- Mark0.