How Does a Converter Hold its Voltage?
A solar controller uses PWM but how does a typical RV converter do it? How much play is there up and down to hold it there? I have a 12v mystery draw I am chasing down, but in the middle of this, ...
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Thanks. So my converter voltage is steady as a rock based on observation when it is not connected to a battery. The battery has a draw on it.
So connect, the battery's loaded voltage rises to meet the converter's voltage so now the converter is carrying the load. Except for the wiring loss (not much at low amps, but some)--I could have that wrong as to what really happens there...
Perhaps my question is: Once the two voltages are equal except for wiring loss, and there is no amps to the battery, just to the load, how far down would the battery voltage get before it started to get amps from the converter again?
During that time, would you see negative amps on the Trimetric, even though the battery voltage is still as set (to one decimal place) ?
So connect, the battery's loaded voltage rises to meet the converter's voltage so now the converter is carrying the load. Except for the wiring loss (not much at low amps, but some)--I could have that wrong as to what really happens there...
Perhaps my question is: Once the two voltages are equal except for wiring loss, and there is no amps to the battery, just to the load, how far down would the battery voltage get before it started to get amps from the converter again?
During that time, would you see negative amps on the Trimetric, even though the battery voltage is still as set (to one decimal place) ?
