Converter Question
Good day, 1999 Fleetwood Travel Trailer 25 ft - does this rig have a converter? My interior lights were getting dim even when plugged into shore power. This prompted me to search for a converter to po...
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2112 wrote:
As time2roll pointed out, the IOTA floats at 13.6V, same as my WFCO. A bit too high for camping in the heat. This boils my batteries over time.
With the IQ4, the IOTA bulks at 14.8V, absorbs at 14.2V and floats at 13.6V. It's my understanding this profile is too high for my Johnson Controls 29DC batteries. iski4fun`s batteries may better handle these higher voltages long term.
My $70 IOTA with IQ4 will make a nice multi stage bench charger/power supply but I'm not replacing the WFCO with it.
You guys give up entirely too easily.
A Schottky diode of suitable amperage in series with the positive output terminal can easily fix that 13.6V issue..
Schottky diodes have .3V-.4V forward voltage drop vs conventional diodes which typically have .7V forward voltage drop.
.3V-.4V voltage drop gets right on top of 13.2V-13.3V and figure in a little loss in the wiring and you will not have boiling issues.
The only downside would be the bulk and absorbsion voltages would also be dropped a bit but IOTA seems to be a bit hot there also.
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But I do agree, love my PD9160 with Charge Wizard pendant.. Really does treat my batteries right. But PDs will easily set you back $200+..
