Deep cycle battery charger
Good Morning everyone I need a good portable battery charger that will desulfonate, equalize and charge my 4 Trojan T145 house batteries. We have more than 1 rv so need it to be portable. I am sure t...
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The PMBC Series ADJ – 12V looks like a good machine. But how close to the preset voltage does the unit get when charging? If it is set at 14.80 volts, does it end up at 14.80 volts?
The Meanwell I am rigging up maxxes at 138 amperes. I am force feeding it additional air for cooling. It has 11-preset voltage selections which covers just about everything imaginable. Including an on-on switch for .5 volt temperature biasing of all 11 settings. The RSP-1500-15 is a three hundred plus dollar unit but it isn't for amateurs. It uses "Hirose" connectors and even 25 AWG wire is large for the Hirose connector pins that get biased 0-2K with resistors to set voltage or a 0-2K pot which is easier. The 11-stage single deck switch was hard to find in mil-spec quality. I cannot recommend the Meanwell so I need an alternative to recommend and it looks like the Power Max PMBC Series ADJ – 12V is it.
I'm tickled to see that some of the more savvy vendors are recognizing that charging an off-grid battery is more than push a button then return to I Love Lucy.
My monster Belkor 400 amp 24 volt charger needs to have 2 wires swapped from terminal to terminal to adjust voltage. It's transformer is every bit as large as a 1,100-watt microwave oven tipped up on end. It has a lifting eye on top. It is obvious to the eye it is a ferro-resonant saturated transformer type charger. All I did was switch rectifiers to 5 pound each metal plating rectifiers and install an 8" diameter EBP Pabst 24 volt fan.
Jesus, laughs and says I should buy twenty large panels and then plant twenty coconut palms. In ten years the palms will be lifted up into sunshine and the family will have solar power.
The Meanwell I am rigging up maxxes at 138 amperes. I am force feeding it additional air for cooling. It has 11-preset voltage selections which covers just about everything imaginable. Including an on-on switch for .5 volt temperature biasing of all 11 settings. The RSP-1500-15 is a three hundred plus dollar unit but it isn't for amateurs. It uses "Hirose" connectors and even 25 AWG wire is large for the Hirose connector pins that get biased 0-2K with resistors to set voltage or a 0-2K pot which is easier. The 11-stage single deck switch was hard to find in mil-spec quality. I cannot recommend the Meanwell so I need an alternative to recommend and it looks like the Power Max PMBC Series ADJ – 12V is it.
I'm tickled to see that some of the more savvy vendors are recognizing that charging an off-grid battery is more than push a button then return to I Love Lucy.
My monster Belkor 400 amp 24 volt charger needs to have 2 wires swapped from terminal to terminal to adjust voltage. It's transformer is every bit as large as a 1,100-watt microwave oven tipped up on end. It has a lifting eye on top. It is obvious to the eye it is a ferro-resonant saturated transformer type charger. All I did was switch rectifiers to 5 pound each metal plating rectifiers and install an 8" diameter EBP Pabst 24 volt fan.
Jesus, laughs and says I should buy twenty large panels and then plant twenty coconut palms. In ten years the palms will be lifted up into sunshine and the family will have solar power.
