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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BFL13 wrote:
"I completely agree with you that the output current should not be tapering down at the same time the output voltage is creeping up"
Vector (B&D) chargers do that all the time as normal.(but only for the absorption stage)
Vectors are programmed to taper the amps when battery voltage reaches 13.9v but voltage continues to rise throughout the absorption stage to approx 14.6 or for the newer models 14.8 temp compensated by the time amps are down to about 5amps.
I wasn't very clear, but what surprised me was that the PD chart Sal posted seemed to show the PD was immediately tapering current as soon as it was turned on.
If the Vectors are programmed to taper the amps when battery voltage reaches 13.9v, they'd presumably show current limited behavior until at least 13.9V is reached. That would be consistent with what the PD patents seem to say it does. The PD patents describe that they have a current limit It was the absence of any sign of a constant current mode at the beginning that I thought was odd.
