Two chargers on same battery
I recall BFL (I think it was) saying he could use the Vector 1093 on a battery while it was also being charged, albeit feebly, by the stock converter charger. We dry camped all week, with no solar,...
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This BATTERY MONITOR PANEL I made up saves me big time knowing what is going on when camping off the power grid.
I have two battery banks connected together with BLUE SEA battery four position switches.
The BANK1 and BANK2 is looking at each BANK on the battery side.
The DC AMPS is feeding the battery bank switches.
With this arrangement I can work with either battery bank at a time and can see what DC current is going into the batteries or being drawn from the batteries.
Sometimes I use the on-board converter/charger on one battery bank and the portable B&D 1093 on the other battery bank...
I have never really put the B&D 1093 in parallel with the on-broad PD9260C but it should not harm anything...
By always never letting the batteries get below 12.0VDC (approx 50% charge state) I never run into into a problem where my B&D1093 will not stay in its selected mode. I have seen if a battery is real low you have to start out charging at a real low rate for period of time to get it charged back up to a certain point before the B&D will start charging for you. i.e. work your way back up... usually a battery is dead and won't start building up a charge at this point...
I normally re-charge all the time using the PD9260C and only have the B&D 1093 around for a PLAN B backup when camping off the power grid.
I have rescued many folks including myself with my truck bed mounted 2KW generator and the B&D 1093 portable battery charger plugged into it.
Roy Ken
I have two battery banks connected together with BLUE SEA battery four position switches.
The BANK1 and BANK2 is looking at each BANK on the battery side.
The DC AMPS is feeding the battery bank switches.
With this arrangement I can work with either battery bank at a time and can see what DC current is going into the batteries or being drawn from the batteries.
Sometimes I use the on-board converter/charger on one battery bank and the portable B&D 1093 on the other battery bank...
I have never really put the B&D 1093 in parallel with the on-broad PD9260C but it should not harm anything...
By always never letting the batteries get below 12.0VDC (approx 50% charge state) I never run into into a problem where my B&D1093 will not stay in its selected mode. I have seen if a battery is real low you have to start out charging at a real low rate for period of time to get it charged back up to a certain point before the B&D will start charging for you. i.e. work your way back up... usually a battery is dead and won't start building up a charge at this point...
I normally re-charge all the time using the PD9260C and only have the B&D 1093 around for a PLAN B backup when camping off the power grid.
I have rescued many folks including myself with my truck bed mounted 2KW generator and the B&D 1093 portable battery charger plugged into it.
Roy Ken
