First Top Charge
I finally got my volt/amp meter wired in to my Mega Watt and started my first Top Charge. Initial battery voltage was 13.2v. Mega Watt was set to 15v. Turn-on voltage was 14.8v @ 33a. It quickly went ...
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Yes, the wiring on page 24 is correct.
Having an Ah meter mounted inside the rig is nice. It's your best way to keep an eye on things, capacity wise. And a good 2 decimal place V/A meter is very useful for monitoring charging. And yes, hands on monitoring is always best, if even only to verify what the remote meters are saying.
And on a relatively large bank such as yours, I would not cheap out on meters. At the same time, shop around. I have a Trimetric, but I'm not sure if it was worth the money I paid? It's the only one I've ever used, so I can't make any comparison.
But for sure, I would definitely go with a larger shunt, and wiring to and from it. Think about it... what's that 50 amp shunt gonna do when it gets hit with 70 amps from your converter, day after day?
When you do dip, remove and replace electrolyte a few times, on each cell, to stir things up a little before taking the actual reading. And keep an eye on those voltage readings, especially batts 1&2 when you charge with the PD. If you keep getting unequal readings, an EQ may be in order. And you can always switch the wiring up, to see if that one batt still has odd numbers.
And like I've said, splitting the bank will allow you to work on one bank while keeping the other in service. Hopefully you have easy access to your bank.
Having an Ah meter mounted inside the rig is nice. It's your best way to keep an eye on things, capacity wise. And a good 2 decimal place V/A meter is very useful for monitoring charging. And yes, hands on monitoring is always best, if even only to verify what the remote meters are saying.
And on a relatively large bank such as yours, I would not cheap out on meters. At the same time, shop around. I have a Trimetric, but I'm not sure if it was worth the money I paid? It's the only one I've ever used, so I can't make any comparison.
But for sure, I would definitely go with a larger shunt, and wiring to and from it. Think about it... what's that 50 amp shunt gonna do when it gets hit with 70 amps from your converter, day after day?
When you do dip, remove and replace electrolyte a few times, on each cell, to stir things up a little before taking the actual reading. And keep an eye on those voltage readings, especially batts 1&2 when you charge with the PD. If you keep getting unequal readings, an EQ may be in order. And you can always switch the wiring up, to see if that one batt still has odd numbers.
And like I've said, splitting the bank will allow you to work on one bank while keeping the other in service. Hopefully you have easy access to your bank.
