Charger: Meanwell 10a or Iota DLS 15?
This is a followup to the thread I posted a couple weeks back. I want a capable portable charger for a 100ah AGM battery bank, mostly fed by solar. The constraint is that my generator is limited to ...
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A worldwide rule of thumb for battery chargers (transformer type) is two to one due to inrush. Two to one, what? Generator output to reactive LC load.
Switch type voltage conversion is less of a demand UNLESS you factor out enabling a lot of micro farads when a switch is thrown. A person has to work with this stuff to actually get an appreciation for what inrush does to a borderline sized generator. It is surprising and disappointing. Once a small generator (low mass flywheel inertia) loses volts per hertz the game is all over. Cornering frequency of 55 Hz.
Classroom theory is unfortunately often rudely interrupted by reality. Pontification from a lectern using a pointer and slide show is sadly inadequate. The lessons of disappointment in the field are hard earned and long remembered...
A worldwide rule of thumb for battery chargers (transformer type) is two to one due to inrush. Two to one, what? Generator output to reactive LC load.
Switch type voltage conversion is less of a demand UNLESS you factor out enabling a lot of micro farads when a switch is thrown. A person has to work with this stuff to actually get an appreciation for what inrush does to a borderline sized generator. It is surprising and disappointing. Once a small generator (low mass flywheel inertia) loses volts per hertz the game is all over. Cornering frequency of 55 Hz.
Classroom theory is unfortunately often rudely interrupted by reality. Pontification from a lectern using a pointer and slide show is sadly inadequate. The lessons of disappointment in the field are hard earned and long remembered...
