QUESTIONS re: MEGA-WATT 33-AMP POWER SUPPLY
This critter can be found on eBay. It is a switching type power supply. Supposed to have an ultimate amperage potential of 33, voltage adjustment of 10, to 15, and work fine as a long term battery ...
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Small Problem.
That is exactly the kind of thing that is a bad battery charger.
It is a constant and regulated voltage. You want something that can time or sense the battery situation. Trust me please, I did boat work before the depression and I have seen and repaired a lot of this.
Another problem is that even if you parallel two and they survive (a good chance actually), you will only get your 66amps for a short time. Even to get that, you will have to set a charge voltage that is dangerously high. As soon as the bank terminal voltage comes up, you will loose charge rate. If bump the supply voltage up, you just over heat and boil the batteries to death.
In times of old, a regular converter was just this sort of thing (but the stone age version) and they destroyed more battery banks than I could count.
Matt
That is exactly the kind of thing that is a bad battery charger.
It is a constant and regulated voltage. You want something that can time or sense the battery situation. Trust me please, I did boat work before the depression and I have seen and repaired a lot of this.
Another problem is that even if you parallel two and they survive (a good chance actually), you will only get your 66amps for a short time. Even to get that, you will have to set a charge voltage that is dangerously high. As soon as the bank terminal voltage comes up, you will loose charge rate. If bump the supply voltage up, you just over heat and boil the batteries to death.
In times of old, a regular converter was just this sort of thing (but the stone age version) and they destroyed more battery banks than I could count.
Matt
