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landyacht318
Jul 16, 2016Explorer
Apologies for not seeing that there is indeed a Meanwell rsp-320-15.
But it still has hiccup mode on overload, not constant current limiting on overload.
It says maximum voltage is ~15 too. While actual max voltage is likely higher, will it go as high as 16? Trojan just updated their EQ voltage spec to 16.2v.
Also I have no idea how long it would be before hiccup mode is initiated. To get this meanwell to work, one might have to start it while the other charging source has the batteries up in the 95%+ range, and then the batteries should, perhaps, not be able to exceed the ~21 amp draw of the rsp-320-15 and should not trigger the hiccup mode.
I've found that on the screwy31, after the prescribed time at absorption voltage, when Specific gravity was still lagging and more time at 14.7 to 14.9 was doing nothing but bubbling, that cranking voltage upto 16v would require about 5% of the battery capacity in amperage.
If it took more than ~6.25 amps to reach 16v on this 130 Ah rated battery, I left it at 14.7 or 14.9 for longer then tried again.
This is not Mex's prescribed regimen as I was not current limiting, only voltage limiting, but I did get as many deep cycles as could be expected from that battery, and it is still cycling, just much shallower, and resting on concrete.
I use my Meanwell rsp-500-15 in place of all other plug in charging sources. 40 amp Bulk charger, top charger, equalizer and float.
Twisting a potentiometer to dial in the desired voltage is not the rocket science the automatic' just fine' world believes to be necessary.
There is the Meanwell HEP series which does have a current trim pot and constant current limiting on overload.
http://www.meanwell.com/search/HEP-600/HEP-600-spec.pdf
The meanwell SE-350-15 has constant current limiting and a claimed voltage range of 13.5 to 18, which is about the same claimed range of my rsp-500-15 whose actual range is 13.12 to 19.23v
http://www.meanwell.com/webapp/product/search.aspx?prod=se-350
If one is maxing out these power supplies so that they are up against the constant current limiting wall, then please increase ventilation over and through the unit. The casing is used as a heatsink so even a weak fan blowing over it will help keep the over temperature protections from kicking in.
Also the small 60x 10 or 60x 15mm computer fans are of suspect quality, and are fairly easy to replace with more reliable and higher airflow dual ball bearing fans.
I've more details about the meanwell rsp-500-15 in this thread:
https://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/27969414.cfm
But it still has hiccup mode on overload, not constant current limiting on overload.
It says maximum voltage is ~15 too. While actual max voltage is likely higher, will it go as high as 16? Trojan just updated their EQ voltage spec to 16.2v.
Also I have no idea how long it would be before hiccup mode is initiated. To get this meanwell to work, one might have to start it while the other charging source has the batteries up in the 95%+ range, and then the batteries should, perhaps, not be able to exceed the ~21 amp draw of the rsp-320-15 and should not trigger the hiccup mode.
I've found that on the screwy31, after the prescribed time at absorption voltage, when Specific gravity was still lagging and more time at 14.7 to 14.9 was doing nothing but bubbling, that cranking voltage upto 16v would require about 5% of the battery capacity in amperage.
If it took more than ~6.25 amps to reach 16v on this 130 Ah rated battery, I left it at 14.7 or 14.9 for longer then tried again.
This is not Mex's prescribed regimen as I was not current limiting, only voltage limiting, but I did get as many deep cycles as could be expected from that battery, and it is still cycling, just much shallower, and resting on concrete.
I use my Meanwell rsp-500-15 in place of all other plug in charging sources. 40 amp Bulk charger, top charger, equalizer and float.
Twisting a potentiometer to dial in the desired voltage is not the rocket science the automatic' just fine' world believes to be necessary.
There is the Meanwell HEP series which does have a current trim pot and constant current limiting on overload.
http://www.meanwell.com/search/HEP-600/HEP-600-spec.pdf
The meanwell SE-350-15 has constant current limiting and a claimed voltage range of 13.5 to 18, which is about the same claimed range of my rsp-500-15 whose actual range is 13.12 to 19.23v
http://www.meanwell.com/webapp/product/search.aspx?prod=se-350
If one is maxing out these power supplies so that they are up against the constant current limiting wall, then please increase ventilation over and through the unit. The casing is used as a heatsink so even a weak fan blowing over it will help keep the over temperature protections from kicking in.
Also the small 60x 10 or 60x 15mm computer fans are of suspect quality, and are fairly easy to replace with more reliable and higher airflow dual ball bearing fans.
I've more details about the meanwell rsp-500-15 in this thread:
https://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/27969414.cfm
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