batter charger drain?
I have a auto battery charger wired into the array. The 2-amp camper charger is just not enough to charge a battery, so I have a 10 amp hooked in. My question, does current flow backwards through t...
Forum Discussion
marininn wrote:
The charger in question is a very old Sears unit, possibly from the 60's.
I understand if it has diodes.
My understanding is these transformers basically have two windings. The one on the AC side about ten times more windings than the DC side and the DC side a heavier gauge. I do not know much more than that other than a diode would stop reverse flow…
Time2troll, umm, just , umm
That is how a very basic charger is built and if it weren't for the diodes the battery would indeed discharge through the secondary windings of the xfmr.
