-=dwh=- wrote:
A 55a constant voltage charger charging a large or deeply discharged battery bank might trip the CPE into overload, whereas an 80a constant voltage charger charging a smaller or less deeply discharged battery bank might not.
I'm anxious to see some real world results of how the CPE performs when powering a true 3-stage charger, such as the Iota.
We may have some data on that soon. A poster on another forum has a 55a Iota, and says he is going to buy a CPE this weekend. I've invited him to join here and post his experiences.
However, he's not electrically inclined, so the data may nothing more than anecdotal.
dwh, I have an IOTA DLS-55/IQ4 and posted some findings on page 67.
At the start of the charging cycle my AGM batteries were at 12.2 V and the IOTA went into bulk charging mode (14.5V measured across converter terminals)when I started the generator. I tried two different 2000i's. Mine went into overload after 5 minutes and the other one after 10 minutes.
