Will she Float??? (3 stage Chargers)
have a hypothetical. conversation was brought up on another forum. here's the scenario. you have a 3 stage charger, you are plugged into ac. you have 1 battery, and the charger and the load...
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MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Jeez, BFL13 non of your listed chargers performance is appropriate for wilderness camping generator recharging. Temperature compensation, bulk charge limit tweakability and a timer that limits time spent at bulk charge limit would be ideal but who has a charger like this?
Nobody has a converter like that because as the PowerMax guy said, it would cost $500 and they have to meet competition for RV original installation in the $100 range like WFCO does.
So they try to find a compromise and the generator/charger minority lose out somewhat to the shore power majority who want ( or have been taught to want) "gentle" and not "fast"
My adjustable voltage unit comes closest to ideal except it is all manual for choosing the voltage for any situation (which takes care of temperature compensation too if you allow for that when choosing the voltage)
Meanwhile an off grid RVer can use three chargers instead of just the one converter. A fast charger for off-grid, a standard converter for when on shore power, and a battery tender type for storage/float.
