Progressive Dynamics Converter 9160 and Charge Wizard Project
After getting tired of adding water to my batteries and them never getting an actual full charge I decided on a change. After research I found that many 5’ers and travel trailers come with a “less expensive” basic converters. Many do not manage the charge to your batteries well in that when you are plugged in they constantly charge your batteries and never give them an actual full charge. In addition the constant charge means you have to often check and ad water to the batteries. With the Progressive Dynamics 9160 Converter combined with the Charge Wizard you get great DC power management along with proper battery charging and maintenance resulting in a managed charge to your batteries and less water loss. The install went pretty smooth and here is a link on such a project. A must see! The Charge Wizard is fantastic and you can read more on it here. Below are some pics of what I bought and installed. The new reconditioned converter and new charge Wizard were approx. $225 delivered to my door.
This along with 2 new Trojan SCS 150 batteries I have plenty of power (over 200 amp hours) and my batteries are well maintained. Batteries were approx. $120 each. The batteries are fully charged in about 2 hours with my Honda 2000 generator. What a big difference in battery and power management! A couple years ago I spent nearly 6 weeks on a dry camping trip to test everything while I was dealing with a family illness. It all went well and everything performed to my expectations and then some. batteries only wind up needing distilled water added maybe twice a year. Read more on the link above on the charge wizard and it explains a bit more why. This is a project I wish I had done earlier and if i ever order a new coach these will be done to the rig from the get go. there are other good converters and batteries to go with, these are just what I chose and went with especially because of the charge Wizard and the project was very cost effective compared to others. Others do a lot more and of course cost ore however in my case everything has been great and performed well. I have had my son and a few others as well do the same upgrade and are extremely happy with the results and low cost in comparison to other similar type projects.
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