This Is Plan For My Own Battery CHARGER
AMMO CAN BATTERY CHARGING SYSTEM Switch type power supplies have made transformer battery chargers obsolete. The new power supplies are so small, and less heat producing it is possible to stuff a ...
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The ammo can has probably $200 to 250 in parts, maybe more, plus your labor to put the contraption together.
A picture is worth a 1000 words... MWanderer. How about posting up your finished unit.
I am happy with my 30 amp Mean Well. I will also tell you that according to my kil a watt and my Eu2000i, with this set at 15.0V for my T1275 problematic charging stubborn Trojan battery, that little sucker draws a full 8 amps, so it explains why it puts the hurt so bad on my little smaller Honda EU1000i when first plugging in to charge a battery, which is rated 7.7 amps, I believe.
Solution is to turn the voltage down a bit when first starting to charge, for 10 minutes or so, before adjusting it back up to 15.0 for the T-1275. The T1275 just needs a lot of volts to get the charge topped off... 14.4 is marginal to even get to 90% state of charge.
I use my Mean Well solely as a timed Bulk Charger. The Kil a Watt has a built in timer clock, I can see how long things have been charging, as well as see the amps drawn. By the time the Kill a watt is down to about .8 amp being drawn by the Mean Well, I figure there's about 6 amps that the T-1275 is accepting,measured with a clamp on amp meter, which means it's then time to turn off the recharger and let my 120 watt solar panel do it's thing in the sunshine, either with a controller in place set to 15.0V at around 6.6 amps or less, or with the controller bypassed, the battery disconnected from the TT, and a full equalization 16.0V or 1.280 SG being the final goal at completion of Equalization. Battery disconnected to prevent the electronics panel in my Dometic refrigerator from burning up the circuit board with anything over 15.4V.
A picture is worth a 1000 words... MWanderer. How about posting up your finished unit.
I am happy with my 30 amp Mean Well. I will also tell you that according to my kil a watt and my Eu2000i, with this set at 15.0V for my T1275 problematic charging stubborn Trojan battery, that little sucker draws a full 8 amps, so it explains why it puts the hurt so bad on my little smaller Honda EU1000i when first plugging in to charge a battery, which is rated 7.7 amps, I believe.
Solution is to turn the voltage down a bit when first starting to charge, for 10 minutes or so, before adjusting it back up to 15.0 for the T-1275. The T1275 just needs a lot of volts to get the charge topped off... 14.4 is marginal to even get to 90% state of charge.
I use my Mean Well solely as a timed Bulk Charger. The Kil a Watt has a built in timer clock, I can see how long things have been charging, as well as see the amps drawn. By the time the Kill a watt is down to about .8 amp being drawn by the Mean Well, I figure there's about 6 amps that the T-1275 is accepting,measured with a clamp on amp meter, which means it's then time to turn off the recharger and let my 120 watt solar panel do it's thing in the sunshine, either with a controller in place set to 15.0V at around 6.6 amps or less, or with the controller bypassed, the battery disconnected from the TT, and a full equalization 16.0V or 1.280 SG being the final goal at completion of Equalization. Battery disconnected to prevent the electronics panel in my Dometic refrigerator from burning up the circuit board with anything over 15.4V.
