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Originally Posted by Oneilkeys
For permanent dry camping you certainly need a way to charge your batteries besides running the genny all the time. ....cut....
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In most applications running the generator solely to charge batteries is very energy inefficient.
A converter that may supply around 40 Amps to batteries is only doing about 500 watts of useful work, so running a 4,000-watt generator for such a low load leads to a lot of inefficiency.
If the RV has a lot more battery bank capacity, and a much higher capacity converter (or inverter/charger for charging), then the generator won't have to run as often or as long. When it does run, it can do a lot more useful work in less time.
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