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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pnichols wrote:MrWizard wrote:
considering their "intended" use.. most likley was too be set once, and left alone
Not tinkered with and adjusted all the time
If I had one, I'd adjust it only once - but want to do it using a big ol' knob with graduations on it.
I'd adjust it with my coach battery bank reading around 12.0 volts at rest. Then I'd fire up the 650 watt Honda, plug the power supply into the Honda, then attach the power supply with big ol' wire to the battery bank with the voltage knob set to about 1/4 of maximum. Then I'd begin turning the knob in the higher voltage direction until the Honda just sounded burdened.
I'd leave the knob permanently at that setting for those particular batteries and that particular generator.
You can use that kind of burden technique on a motor that has an inverter and will give a full 60 cycles per second, regardless of engine rpm.
Your EX650 does not have an inverter. It has to maintain 3600 rpms to provide 60 cycles per second input. So what you are proposing is a bad idea with the generator you own. You can not drop the rpm's on it, under load.
