inverter

[fishinRod]

the wife and i plan on taking a camping trip in few weeks, we are going to be camping on the water at a primitive tent site on a large lake and i'll be able to land my boat right on shore at the camp site....i want to get an DC to AC inverter to charge my boat batteries from my truck in the evenings ......iv seen them from 100 watts up to 800 and more.......not sure what i need, any suggestions?......battery charging is all i plan to do with it (im not even going to tell the wife what it is until we get up there so she dont get any ideasThumbs Up)

[Dickieboy]

DC to AC then back to DC sounds awfully inefficient. As I understand it the losses in the conversion negate the benefit.

[Cane Pole]

Home Depot sells a small 2000w power generator for about 150 bucks. My neighbor has one for charging batteries. Little noisy, but does the job.

[fishinRod]

Home Depot sells a small 2000w power generator for about 150 bucks. My neighbor has one for charging batteries. Little noisy, but does the job.

they dont allow generators in the camp ground.....because of the noise

[Dickieboy]

Seems like if you're plan is to invert from truck power why not just hook batts up directly to truck and let alternator recharge them? It will have to be running either way.

[gabowman]

Seems like if you're plan is to invert from truck power why not just hook batts up directly to truck and let alternator recharge them? It will have to be running either way.

Yea, was what I was thinking. Just use jumper cables.

[NeonMoon]

If it's just a weekend trip, you may be better-off to just buy an additional battery. Never hurts to have a spare anyway, and would probably be the best/cheapest option.

[feeshrman]

this is the best idea yet, jmo

If it's just a weekend trip, you may be better-off to just buy an additional battery. Never hurts to have a spare anyway, and would probably be the best/cheapest option.

[fishinRod]

Seems like if you're plan is to invert from truck power why not just hook batts up directly to truck and let alternator recharge them? It will have to be running either way.

i really dont want to go thru all that hassel...my batteries arent the easiest thing to get in/out of the boat but it is do-able... i did think about it and i will take some cables in case it comes down to that

[Ranger R61]

Seems like if you're plan is to invert from truck power why not just hook batts up directly to truck and let alternator recharge them? It will have to be running either way.

I use this method when camping and need to charge the battery in the pop-up. Made a long extension that goes from the trailer connection on the back of the Suburban to the camper. Does a good job.