Charging the Lifelines questions
As you all know, anything more than clipping the auto charger onto a battery is well above my pay grade, so I have some questions. For the regular charge before the conditioning charge, the Lifelin...
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Jim,
The Megawatt might not reach 15.5v, I think there are reports of it only achieving 15.3v. One would need to get a voltage booster and add this inline.
I have a megawatt rsp-500-15 adjustable voltage power supply, which will go as high as 19.23v and will bulk charge at 40 amps. I removed the tiny voltage potentiometer, wired on a 10 turn potentiometer, and put a wattmeter whose leads were changed to 8awg, on the 8awg output leads.
I freaking love this level of control.
Meanwell makes a rsp-750-15 which should be good for 60 amps.
The Lifeline I've been playing with is just so impressive. The handle design, the output terminals, their potting, the performance greatly exceeding my expectations, and the fact that it just gobbles up as much recharging current as I could provide without batting an eye or heating excessively.
I wouldn't want one as my mainly solar battery as it would be tickled to death, but when charged by a well wired alternator or high amp capable charger, I wouldn't want anything else.
It is the Top Dog AGM, no doubt in my mind.
The Megawatt might not reach 15.5v, I think there are reports of it only achieving 15.3v. One would need to get a voltage booster and add this inline.
I have a megawatt rsp-500-15 adjustable voltage power supply, which will go as high as 19.23v and will bulk charge at 40 amps. I removed the tiny voltage potentiometer, wired on a 10 turn potentiometer, and put a wattmeter whose leads were changed to 8awg, on the 8awg output leads.
I freaking love this level of control.
Meanwell makes a rsp-750-15 which should be good for 60 amps.
The Lifeline I've been playing with is just so impressive. The handle design, the output terminals, their potting, the performance greatly exceeding my expectations, and the fact that it just gobbles up as much recharging current as I could provide without batting an eye or heating excessively.
I wouldn't want one as my mainly solar battery as it would be tickled to death, but when charged by a well wired alternator or high amp capable charger, I wouldn't want anything else.
It is the Top Dog AGM, no doubt in my mind.
