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| has anyone used a generator to charge their boat batteries? I have a 3 bank onboard charger and wanted to do a primitive trip camping and such and was wondering how many amps i would need to produce to charge my 2 trolling motor batteries and cranking battery. |
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| You may wan to try one of these.
http://www.stayncharge.com/proddetail.php?prod=SNC-AllCharge36 |
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| I have gone on many houseboat trips to Canada and that is what we used to charge our batteries...the Houseboat generator that is. I don't know the specs for you though. |
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Location: Pelican Rapids, MN | +1 - At Lac Seul we use a Honda U2000... I believe... To Charge 'em up.. Works great, plus hum right outside window covers up buddies snoring. |
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Location: Northwest WI | I used a Coleman 1850 generator with my on board 3 bank charger (30 amp total)for years at a remote LOTW cabin...and it worked great. Often times we charged 2 boats simultaneously without any trouble. This year, will go to a longer running Champion 2000 inverter and expect even better results. The Champion, Yamaha and Honda generators all have a lower rpm option which lets them run 3-4 hours longer than the Coleman.
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Location: Rhinelander | volts x amps = watts, you are running 120 volt, so if you know the amp draw you can figure out if you have enough wattage in your generator. Starting amperage is always higher than running amps though. |
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| I use a Power Pro Plus I think it's 900 watts with a 1200 surge it will do just fine.
It comes with a cord with clips to hook up to a battery and has a outlet for 12 volt systems so if you do somthing stupid like forget your battery charger no problem.
I 've had it four years with no issues. We have a cabin in northern wis. and it's saved my butt on many trips not just for charging the battery but running the fridge
Tv DVD and the window fan unhooking the fridge for a hour and running the window A/C. I think it weighs 20 pounds and will run on average 6 hours on a gallon of gas/oil. I like the yamaha's, honda's, and others too but they'll cost you 3 to 4 times as much I found mine at a outlet store called Hobo in a burb of chicago for 75 bucks plus tax. |
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Location: MN | I second the stayncharge, works great for me. Even idling the vehicle will charge your batts. But if no access to a vehicle or can't or won't run it at all, then the Honda 2000 works great. Not sure if the 1000w version is enough |
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generator to charge boat batteries