Flooded Batteries on Float
It's been mentioned that flooded batteries just keep accepting amps seemingly forever whereas AGM's will stop accepting amps when they're full. Don't know if it's true or not but I can say that my bat...
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Salvo wrote:
What makes you think the Iota quits at 104F? I'll bet it will run all day long at 104F. It may stop at 110F, but definitely not at 104.
Just a few weeks ago I had to turn on the A/C. My thermostat only registers to 99F. It was well above that inside. No problem operating the Iota during that time.
The PD and Parallax 7300 converters also have a thermal shutdown. But they don't trip their thermal limit. Why? You never get max current out of these converters when charging batteries. They never get that hot.
BTW, why doesn't PD or Parallax specify max ambient temperature in their spec?pnichols wrote:
An Iota cutting out at "only" 104 degrees F is a no-no in my book.
Iota has a working range of 0 to 40C, as listed in their literature. 40C =104F.
