PD or Iota for my upgrade?
I'm thinking about a converter and battery upgrade. The batteries will be wet cell lead acid 6 volt Possible T-105s or the 230AH, EGC2 from Sam's club. I'll probably go for four. (Does nayone have...
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KendallP wrote:DryCamper11 wrote:KendallP wrote:
With high resistance, especially when the IOTA is oversized for the bank, the PD is the tortoise. The IOTA will quickly reach its trigger voltage and drop out of boost. Then it's a bit of a long road in absorption.
Is this quote right? Did you mean to say that the PD was the "tortoise" or the "hare"? From the quote it sounds like you are saying that the Iota will reach its trigger voltage prematurely and drop out of boost, while the PD does not reach trigger and remains in boost longer, resulting in faster overall charging?
Slow and steady wins the race.
The hare starts out fast, but wears out. Meanwhile the PD just keeps on a' truckin'.
No time to answer all of your questions. The short answer is that I was referring to how the PD reacts with batteries. It cannot hold current as voltage rises. Think of it as a device that is only capable of a max wattage, though I don't believe it's quite that simple.
Here's an example of the tortoise and the hare. The 55A IOTA is oversized for the job at hand. On top of that, there is too much resistance in the cabling. The IOTA reaches its trigger point immediately and drops out of boost in 20 minutes as designed...
I call BS. My Iota will NEVER NEVER NEVER drop out of boost in 20 minutes! I am going to do a test as soon as I can with 10 minute interval pics to put this point to bed once and for all. You PD guys are just way too bull headed.
