My Screwy 31
First off let me say I am not stressing over this. It's just a battery, it is only money, it is meeting my overnight needs, but it is displaying strange behavior, and I am curious as to why. So th...
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Be sure to always connect the PM 100 to the batteries before turning on the charger. ( in-rush thermistor!) Also if the whole thing pops a breaker on start-up, wait a while to let the thermistor cool down before restarting the charger. (I don't know how long is a while. In theory it is a couple minutes but it takes longer than that. 15 minutes?)
Those chargers go a bit over but how much depends on the charger-battery wiring and the input 120 voltage too. Could be anywhere from 101 to 106a depending on the unit and set-up. Other converters go "over" a bit in amps too, so it is not just the PMs
I suggest using a marker pen on the casing around the voltage knob and mark a few voltage positions like 13.6, 14.8. The voltmeter on the unit tends to show battery voltage and a bit so it is hard to set a "converter voltage" without a marker. You can set a "converter voltage" with the unit on but not connected to the batteries, but then you can't just connect it and get going because the unit is already on and you have that thermistor to worry about.
Those chargers go a bit over but how much depends on the charger-battery wiring and the input 120 voltage too. Could be anywhere from 101 to 106a depending on the unit and set-up. Other converters go "over" a bit in amps too, so it is not just the PMs
I suggest using a marker pen on the casing around the voltage knob and mark a few voltage positions like 13.6, 14.8. The voltmeter on the unit tends to show battery voltage and a bit so it is hard to set a "converter voltage" without a marker. You can set a "converter voltage" with the unit on but not connected to the batteries, but then you can't just connect it and get going because the unit is already on and you have that thermistor to worry about.
