Problems with Boondocker 60 amp converter
Having issues with this converter, won't do more than 13.6 volts, ever.
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1K 10-turn 2-watt potentiometer
Then research for caliper locking scale knob for the 10-turn pot.
A dial with numbers gives you EXACT reference points via the numbers. The locking feature insures your setting does not get disturbed until you want it to.
Remember you pre-set the voltage first. Disconnected from the battery.
Apparently for a few criticizer's of manual charging the idea of a wind-up electrical timer is beyond comprehension. The timer with face-plate connects to a plastic duplex box (for bulletproof insulation). Half hour, one hour, two hour, 4 hour and 12 hour timers are sold on eBay. I like Intermatic. This brand is used for restroom light timers and are industrial quality and reliability.
Correlating battery voltage remaining and time charging needed becomes automatic. A couple of times will dial you right in.
There is NOTHING wrong with using a smart converter for it's intended purpose. Connecting to a power pole for 1+ days. When it comes to generator charging a 3-stage "smart" converter does not stand a chance unless you like running a generator forever and 3-days.
For novices, too often the tail wags the dog. It is the battery that determines what happens, not the other way around. I have met the so-called engineers at battery charger companies. Most are pre-med grade B.S. specials who don't want to get fired for criticizing battery charging rote for automatic chargers.
An expensive totally automatic charger worth perhaps 1-times a person's gross worth, can successfully interpret the CHEMISTRY of the DUT. But they need calibration checks every few months. People who seldom if ever disconnect and boondock are the biggest critics of manual charging. Automatic chargers have their place in life just like manual chargers. It's when an automatic charger falls flat on it's face boondocking is when a manual charger should be considered.
I have a workshop with perhaps nine EXPENSIVE failed automatic chargers. The latest is a Die-Hard. It died easy. I gagged when I examined it's circuit board last night. Not one single damned MOV or avalanche diode. Yeah right. Connect integrated circuits directly to control 12-pounds of sixty ampere rated transformer/inductors. If those brilliant engineers can't figure out something as basic as this, they're goners. None of those transformer units have transient voltage suppressors. They aren't junk. With timers and silicon rectifiers they'll make great genuine chargers. With DO5 70-amp rectifiers and an Intermatic timer, I'll put a 5-year warranty on them.
"Ahm in a crosswalk! Ah got the green walk signal. That car has to give me the raght o way. That's what all of this is designed fo................."
1K 10-turn 2-watt potentiometer
Then research for caliper locking scale knob for the 10-turn pot.
A dial with numbers gives you EXACT reference points via the numbers. The locking feature insures your setting does not get disturbed until you want it to.
Remember you pre-set the voltage first. Disconnected from the battery.
Apparently for a few criticizer's of manual charging the idea of a wind-up electrical timer is beyond comprehension. The timer with face-plate connects to a plastic duplex box (for bulletproof insulation). Half hour, one hour, two hour, 4 hour and 12 hour timers are sold on eBay. I like Intermatic. This brand is used for restroom light timers and are industrial quality and reliability.
Correlating battery voltage remaining and time charging needed becomes automatic. A couple of times will dial you right in.
There is NOTHING wrong with using a smart converter for it's intended purpose. Connecting to a power pole for 1+ days. When it comes to generator charging a 3-stage "smart" converter does not stand a chance unless you like running a generator forever and 3-days.
For novices, too often the tail wags the dog. It is the battery that determines what happens, not the other way around. I have met the so-called engineers at battery charger companies. Most are pre-med grade B.S. specials who don't want to get fired for criticizing battery charging rote for automatic chargers.
An expensive totally automatic charger worth perhaps 1-times a person's gross worth, can successfully interpret the CHEMISTRY of the DUT. But they need calibration checks every few months. People who seldom if ever disconnect and boondock are the biggest critics of manual charging. Automatic chargers have their place in life just like manual chargers. It's when an automatic charger falls flat on it's face boondocking is when a manual charger should be considered.
I have a workshop with perhaps nine EXPENSIVE failed automatic chargers. The latest is a Die-Hard. It died easy. I gagged when I examined it's circuit board last night. Not one single damned MOV or avalanche diode. Yeah right. Connect integrated circuits directly to control 12-pounds of sixty ampere rated transformer/inductors. If those brilliant engineers can't figure out something as basic as this, they're goners. None of those transformer units have transient voltage suppressors. They aren't junk. With timers and silicon rectifiers they'll make great genuine chargers. With DO5 70-amp rectifiers and an Intermatic timer, I'll put a 5-year warranty on them.
"Ahm in a crosswalk! Ah got the green walk signal. That car has to give me the raght o way. That's what all of this is designed fo................."
