Another question on Converter sizes
There is another active thread regarding converter sizes, but I get lost in the wealth of detail offered here. I have a simple question: I have a PD 9200 , 45 amp converter, two Trojan T105 batteries ...
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BFL13 wrote:Plenty of posts where IOTA puts rated amps on the battery all the way up to full 14.6/14.8 volts (at the converter). Yes once the voltage limit is met the amps taper off due to the battery chemistry. Yes as IOTA drops to 14.2 volts for absorption there again amps will be tapering due to battery chemistry.time2roll wrote:
To my knowledge based upon reading many posts... only the IOTA will produce full amp rating and full voltage rating at the same time.
Where in the Iota charging profile does it do that where you can see it? The converter is set to a voltage, but you don't see it unless it is disconnected or else when the battery is full and no other loads. Iota is set to 14.8, gets the battery to 14.6, waits 15 minutes (when the battery voltage rises to X) and then drops to 14.2V
Most (all?) converter specs (ratings) are at 13.6v, but they are supposed to be able to do full current-limited amps at that or at their boost settings.
PowerMax and other converter/chargers hold constant full amps at their boost settings too, but PDs seem not to according to most posters on here. A few have made their PDs come close to doing it by using very fat short wire to the battery.
Unlike PD where amps will fall off by 10 to 15 amps as the voltage rises into the 14 volt zone.
