ON a NEW WFCO 8955, at what voltage should
the Bulk Rate charge kick in?
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Twenty-two bucks each for my Cheap-O-Watts
I definitely got more than what I paid for.
The WhiffCo is for Power Pedestal Princesses and doesn't make a half-bad 12 volt power supply for battery backup systems. But charge it doesn't and float it doesn't.
The Megawatts stand ready to play tag-team with the WhiffCo when it comes to actually charging the batteries.
The Cheapos may or may not end up as binary floaters set at 13.15 volts for the Lifeline. This will allow me 60 amperes of float voltage power, meaning the AGM will never ever need to come out of float, unless it is cycled.
Some of you techhies out there might want to take a look at how these gyro gearloose perverters maintain a battery under float (power pedestal) conditions. Does your perverter maintain float status during long periods of storage? Does your perverter maintain float voltage while sucking on a power pedestal while normal hotel loads are switched on and off? ummmm baby, if the battery is not discharged WHY oh WHY do converters jump into bulk mode? How many bulk charging cycles does it take to erode .050" worth of positive plates? Bulk charging cycles that pass unseen, unnoticed, and unneeded while connected to a power pedestal. Twenty minutes at 14.8 volts every 21st day would stir the electrolyte and virtually eliminate sulfation. Sixty amps float potential would support just about any power pedestal scenario.
Sometimes I wonder if the administration of any of these perverter companies have ever actually lived off-grid. Their ignorance of the function of lead acid chemistry astounds me.
I definitely got more than what I paid for.
The WhiffCo is for Power Pedestal Princesses and doesn't make a half-bad 12 volt power supply for battery backup systems. But charge it doesn't and float it doesn't.
The Megawatts stand ready to play tag-team with the WhiffCo when it comes to actually charging the batteries.
The Cheapos may or may not end up as binary floaters set at 13.15 volts for the Lifeline. This will allow me 60 amperes of float voltage power, meaning the AGM will never ever need to come out of float, unless it is cycled.
Some of you techhies out there might want to take a look at how these gyro gearloose perverters maintain a battery under float (power pedestal) conditions. Does your perverter maintain float status during long periods of storage? Does your perverter maintain float voltage while sucking on a power pedestal while normal hotel loads are switched on and off? ummmm baby, if the battery is not discharged WHY oh WHY do converters jump into bulk mode? How many bulk charging cycles does it take to erode .050" worth of positive plates? Bulk charging cycles that pass unseen, unnoticed, and unneeded while connected to a power pedestal. Twenty minutes at 14.8 volts every 21st day would stir the electrolyte and virtually eliminate sulfation. Sixty amps float potential would support just about any power pedestal scenario.
Sometimes I wonder if the administration of any of these perverter companies have ever actually lived off-grid. Their ignorance of the function of lead acid chemistry astounds me.
