Power converter or on-board charger for fish house

[Hazzard]

Will an on-board charger do the same thing as a power converter when you run a generator on the ice? What about camping in the summer, when you have an electeical plug in? Can you use the battries and charge them at the same time with the on-board charger?

[iowathorn]

i have an on board charger that i leave hooked up to the battery all the time. i plug the charger to a generator in winter & electric outlet in summer. run a lcd tv & all the electrical gagets plus all the 12 volt toys with no problems.

[cold one sd]

The on board chgarger will charge your batteries while you are running your generator. I also have 110v outlets which are powered by the generator while it is running. This is basically the same thing a converter would do.

[Hazzard]

Thanks for the help

[JCR]

A battery charger is a power convertor. It converts 110 volt AC typical house power from a utility (or generator) to 12 volt DC to charge a battery or to power 12 volt DC devices.. A generator supplies 110 volt AC. You can also get 110volt AC by using a power invertor, operating from a battery. A power invertor changes 12 volt DC to 110 volt AC.