Date:         Mon, 8 Feb 2010 15:57:47 -0800
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: generators/inverters for camping
Comments: To: Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com>
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  If I went and got another battery charger, how could I be able to
determine if that one would "like" the power that my genset does deliver?
Is there a way, something to look for in the specs, some charger- feature to
avoid that may make a different charger work ok ?
  If I could get another charger that was willing to work off my Powermate
PM0401853 rather than shelling out almost a thousand bucks for a second
generator (and I dislike generators anyhow) it'd be perfectly acceptable for
me to have to move the generator and a battery charger around to the
batteries and 'manually' charge them back up if they get low after a cloudy
period or whatever...
  This powermate generator has worked fine for me on the job running power
tools.  It did have a cable (with a lighter type fixture and some clamps) to
charge batteries directly off the genertator but I never could get that to
work and I've lost that now.   I do show those power point type sockets
supply adequate 12dc after I 'excite' the generator by pluging a tool into
the 110v ac and running it for a second...  Maybe I never did that in my
past attempts to charge directly off the generator...
  Don Hanson
On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote:

>  RE: Coleman Generator
> I think you have already received the right answer:  The modified sine wave
> coming out of the generator is not liked by your charger.
> A brief look what I could find seems to indicate that (if you have the
> generator I think you do) it has a special connection for charging
> batteries.  If so, did you try that connection?
> BTW, I have such a 'battery charging' connection for my Honda and it works
> fine tied directly to a battery.  But it is slow compared to using my
> charger that is hardwired to the 110v system in the van.
>