If you only get 13 Amps from the Honda you're not using its full
potential. I run the output of mine directly into my Heart 2000
inverter/charger. Although I should be able to charge at 100 Amps, it
trips the breaker on the Honda. I have to back off with the "power
sharing feature" on the Heart which limits the AC draw, and the the DC
charge into the batteries is about 75 Amps. Sisterships with the
identical setup claim they got 86 Amps, so I was a bit disappointed,
but still its not bad.

My hunch is your charger is 15 or 20 Amps output.


dcarl wrote:
I've used a Honda 2000i on my boat for crusing and at anchor since.
After Ivan we didn't have any marinia in Pensacola and the generator
kept my batteries up and ran the power tools at ancho it worked fairly
well.

Last spring we spent two months cruising down the west coast of
Florida and I used it to charge batteries through the intstalled shore
power connector. Had to run the generator for long periods of time, it
really only puts out 13.5 amps, but it will run for 7 hours under light
load on about a half gallon of gas.

Running the engine works, if you have enough fuel.

/David