Problems with Boondocker 60 amp converter
Having issues with this converter, won't do more than 13.6 volts, ever.
Forum Discussion
I definitely recommend a 400 watt model rather than a 350 watt.
And I prefer the Megawatt over the Meanwell, unless you have plans for exceptionally high voltages. Why Mega? It's 2.23 oz heavier, which seems to be due to heavier winding in the inductors.
I'll be blunt. Some forum members demand others see things "their way". So, they challenge information. "Prove it!" So when the information is "proven" which cannot be done without getting down to technical nuts and bolts, then they cry "PhD! PhD! There's a PhD On The Loose Everybody Run!" They claim they can push a button and have their constantly deep cycled batteries last, what (?) ten or twelve years. Well may I politely ask, Prove THAT!
The object is to satisfy the battery, not satisfy me, not you, nor anyone else. If the wants and needs of the battery are ignored, a penalty will be exacted and it's expensive.
A dissatisfied battery is an undercharged battery. 100.% of the smart chargers undercharge the battery WHEN THEY ARE USED AS CHARGERS WHEN BOONDOCKING USING A GENERATOR. Anyone can screw-up a forty dollar Chateaubriand roast. Simply stick it in an over for five hours at 650F. Are ovens "smart?" Hell no. Neither are the people who would do that.
But the key to using a power supply like a Mega or Meanwell is a wind up timer. A four-hour timer has enough time margin for any task. It takes a small learning curve, about the same strength a curve as a three year old's playing Pound-A-Peg to figure out what's best for them. Set the device for 14.8 Set the timer for an hour. Was it enough? Yes? No? When it's "dialed in", repeat. The timer eliminates any danger of overcharging and believe me when the timer runs out you sure as heck will hear your generator "burp".
Another harebrained complaint about "Near Hell Week At The Seal Training Camp" use of a power supply is "I don't got no time to fool around with no gizmo!" Well bucko, you don't use the power supply every time you charge the batteries. It's used when the batteries do not charge up time and again, with the smarter-than-thou converter. I can easily imagine going four or five charges. But if a person is THAT lazy, they shouldn't have a heart attack fretting over starting and stopping a generator, but keep a pee can next to the recliner alongside the T.V. remote.
And I prefer the Megawatt over the Meanwell, unless you have plans for exceptionally high voltages. Why Mega? It's 2.23 oz heavier, which seems to be due to heavier winding in the inductors.
I'll be blunt. Some forum members demand others see things "their way". So, they challenge information. "Prove it!" So when the information is "proven" which cannot be done without getting down to technical nuts and bolts, then they cry "PhD! PhD! There's a PhD On The Loose Everybody Run!" They claim they can push a button and have their constantly deep cycled batteries last, what (?) ten or twelve years. Well may I politely ask, Prove THAT!
The object is to satisfy the battery, not satisfy me, not you, nor anyone else. If the wants and needs of the battery are ignored, a penalty will be exacted and it's expensive.
A dissatisfied battery is an undercharged battery. 100.% of the smart chargers undercharge the battery WHEN THEY ARE USED AS CHARGERS WHEN BOONDOCKING USING A GENERATOR. Anyone can screw-up a forty dollar Chateaubriand roast. Simply stick it in an over for five hours at 650F. Are ovens "smart?" Hell no. Neither are the people who would do that.
But the key to using a power supply like a Mega or Meanwell is a wind up timer. A four-hour timer has enough time margin for any task. It takes a small learning curve, about the same strength a curve as a three year old's playing Pound-A-Peg to figure out what's best for them. Set the device for 14.8 Set the timer for an hour. Was it enough? Yes? No? When it's "dialed in", repeat. The timer eliminates any danger of overcharging and believe me when the timer runs out you sure as heck will hear your generator "burp".
Another harebrained complaint about "Near Hell Week At The Seal Training Camp" use of a power supply is "I don't got no time to fool around with no gizmo!" Well bucko, you don't use the power supply every time you charge the batteries. It's used when the batteries do not charge up time and again, with the smarter-than-thou converter. I can easily imagine going four or five charges. But if a person is THAT lazy, they shouldn't have a heart attack fretting over starting and stopping a generator, but keep a pee can next to the recliner alongside the T.V. remote.
