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Old 07-25-2019, 04:01 PM   #13
Long & Winding road
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Model: 2017 Axis 25.4
State: Arkansas
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Yep, good info.... But you may need to run your generator for 3 + hours to get full charge.

Most likely your coverter is the same as mine (55 amp) but you might only realize like 45 or 50 amp at the batteries (line loss etc) plus if you running someting 12 volt at the same time inside the RV.

So if you have two 100 amp 12v battery (200 amp total) but you use the 50% rule = 100 useable amps will take aprox 2 hours (I say 2.5 - 3 to be safe). But if you double it and have 4 12 volt 100 amp batteries your looking at 4 - 5 hours??

I dont know all the exact # and im not expert but this is what I undersand from reading this forum and other sources. I just wanted to point this out.

Most batteries like to be fully charged before depleated to get long life out of them.

Of coarse you could upgrade your converter and wiring and or get Lithum batteries etc to speed this process up.
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