First Top Charge

sjturbo wrote:
Menna661, Tell me about your batt Bank. As you may have read it took me about 11hr to get my bank to 14.8v. I realize that #4ga ,may have something to do with it but 11hr seems like a long time even with that gauge. What is your starting voltage and how long does your Mega Watt stay at a high amperage? My voltage/amperage started out at 15v/33A. Amperage dropped to the 3-5A range quickly.
So tell me jrnymn7, Is your PS a Turnigy 1080Watt? How do you Top Charge?

I don't use mine for regular charging unless it's from higher SOC's where I don't care about high amps, I use my Iota converter (well....when it was working) or my Black & Decker portable for that. I also don't top charge much cause my float V is good. Mine is used primarily for floating and the occasional de-stratification charge (tall batteries...something you guys don't have to worry much about). For the de-strat charge, I start out with 14.8V and let it run for 15 mins. Typically starts out at 24A and tapers from there.

EDIT: I did do a short boondocker this past weekend. When got home batts were down about 14Ah. Started charge at 14.7V. Amps went up to 36.4 and hung out there for a few minutes then tapered to 29.