Floating vs Storage Voltage Question
Moved this from another thread to open the topic generally. Question was if PD converters with the 13.2 storage voltage were compatible with floating voltage specs at 13.5 and above. ---------------...
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No equalizing with SiO2. Same as AGMs but with regular AGMs you can do a "recondition". I have my C's 6s sitting with no wires and will recharge when they get down a bit in voltage (spot checking with multimeter, since the Trimetric monitor draws power so can't be left on the battery with no wires on battery)
I have the chassis battery floating on the converter though. There is a case where you must leave a charger on between trips since it has loads on it (maybe not so much with a 1991) Solar is off (array to controller side disconnected)
No idea how to do it with a Trickle start with house no wires on, and no converter, only an inverter/charger. PT will have to invent something.
The TC has the SiO2s. I pulled the Chev's Stud 1 fuse so the chassis batt and the SiO2s are not in parallel (I gather there is nothing wrong with that, but I still don't feel good about doing that--so I don't!)
If not using the truck for a while I put a maintainer charger on the truck battery. I was going to float the SiO2s, but now I want to do the no-wires between trips but they are hard to get at, so I will have to arrange a disconnect switch to the battery post where I can get at that. The converter can still do the 12v.
It might be a case with the SiO2s and the TC scenarios we have, that I might as well just float them and to heck with it. Be easier for sure.
I have the chassis battery floating on the converter though. There is a case where you must leave a charger on between trips since it has loads on it (maybe not so much with a 1991) Solar is off (array to controller side disconnected)
No idea how to do it with a Trickle start with house no wires on, and no converter, only an inverter/charger. PT will have to invent something.
The TC has the SiO2s. I pulled the Chev's Stud 1 fuse so the chassis batt and the SiO2s are not in parallel (I gather there is nothing wrong with that, but I still don't feel good about doing that--so I don't!)
If not using the truck for a while I put a maintainer charger on the truck battery. I was going to float the SiO2s, but now I want to do the no-wires between trips but they are hard to get at, so I will have to arrange a disconnect switch to the battery post where I can get at that. The converter can still do the 12v.
It might be a case with the SiO2s and the TC scenarios we have, that I might as well just float them and to heck with it. Be easier for sure.
