Re: [A/S] Battery Charging

50amps is plenty for a battery bank up to 500amp-hours capacity, anything
larger will only charge your batteries up a very few minutes faster, the
rough rule of thumb is a charger about 10% of the capacity of
your battery bank is optimum and most converters exceed that to have the
capacity to run other stuff.

Steve
'89 Excella 29

On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 12:48 PM, jerry <jerry@lamrob.com> wrote:

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>
>
> Hello All,
>
> I have a Magnetek converter / charger 50Amp series 900 model 950P in my
> 1996 25ft Excella. It is not a multi-stage charger, but will not over charge
> my batteries per the manual and my past experience.
>
> Question; When boondocking, what is the most efficient way to recharge my
> batteries (excluding solar).
>
> I have a Honda generator EX1000 that I have been using by plugging in the
> trailer's power cord, but it take a very long time to get the batteries back
> up to 90%.
>
> Have any of you ever purchaced a smart battery charger and used a generator
> to go directly to the coach batteries? I think this my be a faster recharge,
> but not sure.
>
> Thanks in advance for your comments.
>
> Jerry Roberts
> 96' Excella
> Los Gatos, CA
>
>
>

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