RJsfishin wrote:
If Voltage needed to be higher than 14,4, PD would have made it that way.
Are you all smarter than the PD engineers,....or just think you are.
And if you want higher voltage, both my little schumachers go to 15.4 for several hrs before float.
My bigger Schumacher goes to 16+ volts before dropping stage.
My tender only goes to 14.4.
Both my stanleys only go to 13.8, then drop to 12.9.
They all have different ideas, w/ PD being the very best, not IMO, FACT !!
When it comes to correct bulk charge voltages:
There are PD engineers with ideas on what is correct. There are PD accountants with ideas on what are correct, but the ultimate say is what gets passed by PD lawyers to prevent lawsuits, and they overrule Engineers and Accountants.
And the Lawyers are the ones that say go with 14.4V. Nobody else. Around here, the experts that were in the industry as consultants say 14.8V at 25C, or 77F.
Which is why Iota makes 14.7V possible, plus Iota is made in very hot AZ, not polar frozen p*ssy charging voltage Michigan, where the voltage would need to be even HIGHER for bulk charging due to the colder weather.
Maybe you should ask a US Navy sub battery maintainer if still alive, what the proper charge voltage is per cell. Multiply by 6 for a 12V battery.
Compared to a WTFCo, a PD is a huge improvement. An Iota with the 14.7V loop cable in place is better,for bulk charging operations. A MegaWatt, or a Meanwell, or a Borg charger is King, only if the owner is diligent about temperature corrections, charging manually, and wanting to optimize the most time efficient use and fuel use of their generator. Once you know your usage, and SOC, you set a timer for the generator... nothing wasted. Pure efficiency. Very little waste. Add solar panel setup for top charge capabilities.
As has always been the case, if you aren't in the masses, who are azzes, and you want something done RIGHT, you gotta do it yourself.
RJ, since you have so many battery chargers, why not add one more. Pick up a Mega Watt S-400-12 from the shop in Aqua Dulce, CA, and a RC chargemeter off of Ebay. Cobble your unit together, set it at 14.8V. Then next winter, start using it with your EU1000i in the morning, no solar panels involved and log your results. Get back to us then, maybe we can make a believer out of you yet.
BTW, now that I have an AGM Teleco surplus 158AH battery, with the MegaWatt, I don't need a new charge controller, due to it's different, lower resistance and lower charge voltage battery requirements, compared to flooded lead acid batteries. There's more savings right there, with a manual MegaWatt for a battery charger. Manufacturer says charge at 13.5V What are the PD engineers going to do about that?
It's like saying one shoe size fits all. Utter BS, at least, not properly, but maybe in a 3rd world nation, that's good enough.
