Onan Opus?

[Gregory OConnor]

I always understood "converter" to be a device that converts 110ac
voltage to 12v dc for real-time consumption. I understood the
objective to be mainly for that purpose and not for charging
batteries. I believe a converter does not require a battery storage
point for consumption. Many lights and devices like the refer
computer run on 12 volts even when pluged into shorepower so a 12v
dc source is needed with shore power and genset power.

My Xantrex "Chargers" are not "converters" (per say) because they
require a battery to stand between the making and using of 12 volts.

I can only guess that the one amp is to recharge the genset start
battery in lue of an alternator mounted on the onan. It must be that
the 45 amps will 'battery boil' the genset start battery so they
isolate a one amp minimal converted current for battery recharge.



I guess AC came first because you 'convert to DC' then 'invert back
to AC'. Does an egg convert or invert into a chicken????


GregoryO'Connor
94ptRomolandCa



--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "ajgibb2002"
wrote:
>
> Hi guys,
> Can anyone educate me about the Onan Opus converters I have on my
SP?
> I can't find a thing about them on the internet or in searching on
the
> BB forums. According to the data plate the output is 12 volts.
There
> is an asterisk note to the effect that there is 1 (one)
amp "available"
> for battery charging. According to my BB book there are two 45
amp
> chargers but a charger has to have greater than 12 volts output
and to
> charge a big battery bank more than one amp would be needed. So
what
> do I have, DC power supplys or battery chargers?
>
> Austin Gibbons
> '91 SP
>