First time to 50% SOC
DW and I pigged out on amp hours on our last trip to the beach a week ago. According to the Victron, we used 364 Ah in 3 days. Oddly, the Iota did not go right to 14.8V like it did when I first connec...
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mena661 wrote:
14.7V won't finish charge these. At least not in a reasonable amount of time. 15V @ 8 amps on the HF manual gets it done in about 2 hrs, sometimes 3 AFTER the converter (old Paramode) or my portable reaches their respective "full". The BD's EQ setting takes longer than the HF manual but it uses a lower amp rate (4A). I do typically leave the batts on the converter for a week before I do any finishing charges just to see if they get them up to baseline SG but the converter (Paramode) only seemed to accomplish that if I kept SOC above 85%. I don't know if the Iota would do it at 85% SOC or not.
I am just thinking the IOTA will do better than the Paramode.
I am really surprised these L-16 really need all the extra handling that is given.
Let us know.
