Scotty I need more power!
After a recent extended trip without hookups, and a lot of research, I decided I need more battery capacity! But I have no room for another battery. About two years ago I bought two Battle Born 100 ...
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msmith1199 wrote:ktmrfs wrote:msmith1199 wrote:
Ktmrfs, okay I do have the wizard button, but it was hidden behind a power cable the ran over it. I tried the manual boost mode and it didn’t appear to be going into boost. But the batteries were near fully charged so I’m thinking that may have something to do with it. So I left the batteries on with the fridge and some other stuff running and I’ll got back out this evening with the batteries run out and see if I can get the boost mode to work.
StirCrazy, it’s in LI mode and has been since I installed the LI batteries.
yes, little bitty button is somewhat hidden, and not well documented.
And if the battery is near full charge, yes it may go into boost mode but charging current won't change much or current will drop pretty rapidly. . At least on Lead Acid batteries.
Didn’t work. Got the batter down to 43% and tried everything with the wizard button and could only get 16amps going to the battery for the charge. I also only get 14.1 volts now out of the converter and it should be 14.6 voltes in the lithium mode. So I don’t think the converter is in lithium mode. I think the little switch got busted the first time I tried to use it because it’s so small. I had ran some trouble shooting things with the factory rep and he told me it sound to him like the switch broke in lithium mode, but now that I have the SmartShunt I’m not convinced of that. So I’m going to call them next week and discuss it. And, it looks to me like the 4560LI is much better suited to what I want anyway. And I can get that converter unit and swap it with the 4560 without having to swap everything else out. It’s just a plug and play. So I’ll take to them about that next week. It’s under $300 and if it works better, (sounds like it does) that’s worth it to me.
yes, it is not acting like a PD converter should behave. with the battery(s) at 40% on a 60A converter I'd expect you to get at least 40A, likely even more. The 16ish A is more like the unit in 13.6V output. I think once you get one that works as it should you'll find that a couple of hours will get you charged to 80+% charged.
