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BFL13
Jun 06, 2014Explorer II
I understand about the current parameter being low so the charger has dropped to Float and is still doing the last bit of charging before the batts are full, so that low current can "go with" the low float voltage.
It ASSumes (to quote K) the charger will be doing a higher current than that back when it was still in Absorption at that higher voltage. That would be correct for a normal battery charger or converter.
My question is what happens on solar when you are still at the higher voltage but the current drops off due to a band of cloud going by? The voltage will drop too when the amps drop off but I think you can have a time there if you work the scenario real hard, that you will be above the "full" voltage parameter ( being somewhere above the Float v parameter and below Vabs, and at or below your current parameter. The time it stays there has to be long enough to meet the time parameter too.
The solar controller does not put out amps in a predictable sort of way like a 120v supplied battery charger does.
It ASSumes (to quote K) the charger will be doing a higher current than that back when it was still in Absorption at that higher voltage. That would be correct for a normal battery charger or converter.
My question is what happens on solar when you are still at the higher voltage but the current drops off due to a band of cloud going by? The voltage will drop too when the amps drop off but I think you can have a time there if you work the scenario real hard, that you will be above the "full" voltage parameter ( being somewhere above the Float v parameter and below Vabs, and at or below your current parameter. The time it stays there has to be long enough to meet the time parameter too.
The solar controller does not put out amps in a predictable sort of way like a 120v supplied battery charger does.
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