PD9260 Convertor Never Goes To 14.4V
If I am NOT on shore power, draw batteries down to 12.3 or 12.4 volts, I assumed that when I plugged back into shore power, my PD9260 would start putting out 14.4 volts, or at least something close. ...
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Ron Nielson wrote:Ron, I was concerned when I did my first test with the PD9260C (with depleted batteries) and only read 13.65 - 13.70 volts at the batteries in bulk/boost mode (steady green LED on the pendent). However, once I noticed I was getting 55-58 amps of charge current (using my clamp-on ammeter) I ignored the voltage and broke into a big smile :)
If I understand correctly, the converter doesn't START OUT at 14.4, but climbs to 14.4 in some amount of time? Not exactly what I thought should happen.
My infamous WFCO8955 would never go into bulk/boost mode :( In absorption mode (13.6v) I would read 13.2 volts at the batteries with about 18 amps of charge current at the start of the charge with depleted batteries. The voltage would eventually peak around 13.72 volts many hours later when the batteries were almost fully charged.
With the PD9260C, I've noticed voltage eventually peaks (hours later) around 14.45-14.5 volts (in bulk/boost mode).
