Charging Battery More Efficiently
I have a single Group 27 battery. I love to dry camp. I have a Honda eu1000i generator and a wfco (?) 55 power center. which is the most efficient way to charge the battery - connect the battery di...
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Naio wrote:
So nobody makes an adjustable one that is meant to be adjusted all the time? In my dreams it would also have a timer, also easy to set.
Powermax makes adjustable voltage power supplies in various amp ratings, but there have been some hiccups regarding implementation that were detailed in the closed thread a page or 2 back.
The Meanwell I bought was never intended as a battery charger, and the adjustable voltage pot was not designed for continuous and simple adjustments. They are a power supply, designed to be set once and closed up within the device needing a certain DC voltage
The Adjustable voltage power supply used as a battery charger is for the over controlling type who does not trust a plug and play automatic charging source to the the job it claims to do, and to reduce generator run times, by forcing a high absorption voltage to be held as long as desired.
They are also not designed to be at max output for their whole time in use, which is what a depleted battery will do.. Increasing cooling when maxing them out is wise.
I too would not mind having mine on a timer, but so far have not bothered implementing one on the 120Vac side.
MeanWell also makes 24v power supplies of various amp ratings.
Some solar controllers do allow voltage charging parameters to be set, but do not allow one to directly limit amps.
