[RE-wrenches] Big Charger, Small Generator

[Tyrone Houck]

The generator will bog down under load and shut off unless there is a way
to program to charge at a lower rate.










On Wed, Feb 11, 2026, 5:01 AM Mark Frye via RE-wrenches <
re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:

> Folks,
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> If I have a larger AC powered battery charge, say 3kW and I have a battery
> bank that may want to pull some current, want will happen if I try to run
> the charger with a small, say 1.2 kW generator?
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> Thanks,
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> Mark
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