Charge rate for Progressive Dynamics PD 4645?
Does anyone know what the charge rate, in amps, this unit does at max?
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pezvela wrote:
I live in Mexico. Buying at home is always more expensive. I love it when things go out, while traveling in the States!
Trying to reduce weight, as much as possible. I think I will take a chance on a brand new PD-4645 lasting a while. If it does go, I'll go back to relying on the solar panel for recharging, while I get it repaired. I can even have the solar charge my truck battery with flipping of a dip switch.
I dont have a manual for my 7345 (yes, that's what I had) but on the inside of the cover, it states that the "average charge rate" is 5 amps, whatever that means.
That is the 7345 meeting a government rule. It goes on to say in their blurb on that figure, that there is no realistic rate to list, because they have no way to know what other loads you may be running as well as battery charging which only gets what is left over. So they wrote down a fake number just to satisfy the requirement.
I can get my 7355 to do 56 amps output running a load if I am not charging a battery. Charging a battery is fewer amps where that 13.8v is not much higher than the battery voltage. You need a spread between the two voltages to get amps.
