Battery charger vs power converter
I know there is a difference between a power converter and a battery charger but what is it.Some of the new smart chargers look pretty capable.In my old school truck camper all there is are a few led ...
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A 'smart' charger Will likely get confused and shut off if there is a load on the battery, and it is removed, or if A DC load is turned on and it is a big enough load to drop battery voltage.
i seen this time and again with my Shumacher. It worked OK on the 12 amp setting but voltage would swing from 13.2v to 15.6v when my 2.7 amp compressor fridge would shut off. Shut off my charging laptop(~ 7 amps) when it was in bulk absorption or float, and Red blinking lights.
A converter is designed to both power dc loads when plugged in and charge the batteries. Any of the big three converters will 3 or 4 stage charge, like the magic whizz bang smart intellicharger, but they will happily do so while the kids are turning on and off every DC load as fast as Kids can.
The Fartcharger will remember the rabid female of a dog lawyer yelling at it and dutifully throw out the red warning light, and turn itself off when a load added or removed is big enough to change the voltage or the amps required to hold the voltage.
It depends on the state of charge of the battery, if and when the fart charger shuts itself off. Most problems occur at or near absorption voltage, and might work OK in bulk with loads, or in float with cycling loads.
Im sure there will be plenty stories of plenty of whizz bang smart chargers handling cycling loads 'just fine'.
Just realize people feel better when other people buy and use the same product, whether it is any good or not, but experience trumps theory, if it can be believed.
I've not owned many smart chargers. My Schumacher is in a paper bag in 25 pieces, I release flatulence in the general direction of smart chargers.
Because 92% is not 100%, no matter how green and bright that soothing green light is, or how badly the consumer wants to believe the marketing.
None of them will hold Absorption voltage for long enough on a deeply cycled battery, despite the vehemence of the 'just fine brigade' and the smart marketing loyal minions spouting their 'gospel'
i seen this time and again with my Shumacher. It worked OK on the 12 amp setting but voltage would swing from 13.2v to 15.6v when my 2.7 amp compressor fridge would shut off. Shut off my charging laptop(~ 7 amps) when it was in bulk absorption or float, and Red blinking lights.
A converter is designed to both power dc loads when plugged in and charge the batteries. Any of the big three converters will 3 or 4 stage charge, like the magic whizz bang smart intellicharger, but they will happily do so while the kids are turning on and off every DC load as fast as Kids can.
The Fartcharger will remember the rabid female of a dog lawyer yelling at it and dutifully throw out the red warning light, and turn itself off when a load added or removed is big enough to change the voltage or the amps required to hold the voltage.
It depends on the state of charge of the battery, if and when the fart charger shuts itself off. Most problems occur at or near absorption voltage, and might work OK in bulk with loads, or in float with cycling loads.
Im sure there will be plenty stories of plenty of whizz bang smart chargers handling cycling loads 'just fine'.
Just realize people feel better when other people buy and use the same product, whether it is any good or not, but experience trumps theory, if it can be believed.
I've not owned many smart chargers. My Schumacher is in a paper bag in 25 pieces, I release flatulence in the general direction of smart chargers.
Because 92% is not 100%, no matter how green and bright that soothing green light is, or how badly the consumer wants to believe the marketing.
None of them will hold Absorption voltage for long enough on a deeply cycled battery, despite the vehemence of the 'just fine brigade' and the smart marketing loyal minions spouting their 'gospel'
