Wigpro
Well-known member
Batteries are cooked. I checked water about a month ago and they were really low. Batteries had almost no life. I refilled and ran some tests and figured I would see if they come back. Electric here at campground went off yesterday early morning and I had electric lights for exactly 15 minutes or so....not good.
So two new batteries today and then a new inverter to avoid this in the future.
I do very little dry camping and if I do, I have a generator in the bed of my pick-up to charge batteries and run 110. So not real concerned about long life on battery.
My inverter is the original and old one and since I spend a bunch of time hooked-up to electric it just boils the batteries over.
I have a Magna-Tec TU-740-2. Obviously not a smart charger - In my shopping cart at Amazon I have a Progressive Dynamics PD9245CV Inteli-Power 9200 Series 45 Amp Converter/Charger with Built-in Charge Wizard. Which should solve my problem long term.
But that will be next month. (Waiting for next payday!!)
So I am hoping I can use the existing wiring and it will go smoothly.
My question is: Should I find the charger lead from my current converter and put a switch so that it doesn't cook the new batteries or should it be OK for about 3 weeks??
Any advice on the changeover from anyone who has done it will be appreciated. No need for a long winded discussion about which batteries and whether to go with 6 volt vs 12 volt. I am putting in two 12 volt deep cycle batteries! Cheap!! they will be fine for what I do!
Thanks for any help on the converter installation.
Jim
So two new batteries today and then a new inverter to avoid this in the future.
I do very little dry camping and if I do, I have a generator in the bed of my pick-up to charge batteries and run 110. So not real concerned about long life on battery.
My inverter is the original and old one and since I spend a bunch of time hooked-up to electric it just boils the batteries over.
I have a Magna-Tec TU-740-2. Obviously not a smart charger - In my shopping cart at Amazon I have a Progressive Dynamics PD9245CV Inteli-Power 9200 Series 45 Amp Converter/Charger with Built-in Charge Wizard. Which should solve my problem long term.
But that will be next month. (Waiting for next payday!!)
So I am hoping I can use the existing wiring and it will go smoothly.
My question is: Should I find the charger lead from my current converter and put a switch so that it doesn't cook the new batteries or should it be OK for about 3 weeks??
Any advice on the changeover from anyone who has done it will be appreciated. No need for a long winded discussion about which batteries and whether to go with 6 volt vs 12 volt. I am putting in two 12 volt deep cycle batteries! Cheap!! they will be fine for what I do!
Thanks for any help on the converter installation.
Jim