Faster Battery Charging
My son has 2x GC2 batteries at 232AH and a WFCO 8955 charger and it’s about 20’ from the batteries. While he also has 160W of solar he wants faster charging with the charger and 2KW gen with reduced g...
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CA Traveler wrote:Bulk, Absorption and Float are more battery terms than converter.
I have a question about the PD9245C and PD9260C chargers. The manual shows bulk and float charging but no mention of absorb charging. Did I miss something?
Or recommendations for a suitable charger.
Battery can be charged through all three stages at a single voltage.
PD has a Boost (14.4), Normal (13.6) and Storage (13.2 volts).
Yes typically the battery will transition from Bulk to Absorption during the 4 hour boost mode. The remaining Absorption time will progress in Normal mode.
After a time the converter will drop into Storage and continue to Float the battery.
The 4 hours of PD boost mode is generally plenty for charging on generator. The real problem with most WFCO is they never switch to boost mode and just slow charge at 13.6 volts.
