Battery charger

[hausmutti]

Can one charge a deep cell battery by plugging a charger into a Honda generator clipping the cables onto the battery posts like it was plugged into the home outlet, say if it was too cloudy to use the solar suitcase?

 

[Almost There]

Definitely!

The only difference between using a generator and either a solar or house/shoreline hookup is that there are limitations as to how much power you're generating.

For example my big ass battery charger won't run on only one little generator. But then I have the big charger to go with my 4 big batteries!

But for a smaller battery system, say of one deep cell battery, a Honda 1000 will work just fine.

Before you buy a battery charger though, not all chargers are created equal and you may as well get a decent one to start with if you can.

 

[John61CT]

No problem getting a big charger, say 160A even, to run off a little genny, long as has a derating feature, step it down to 40 or 60A.

Also useful when the campground has only 15A circuits and you want to run other loads at the same time.