Xanrex Inverter/Charger Over Charging
We had a solar panel and inverter installed when we bought our Jayco Whitehawk TT as well as converting the 12 volt to two six volt batteries. Expensive ones. The first time we used the inverter whil...
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". IF you do have an Inverter/Charger, YOU NEED TO DISCONNECT THE OEM POWER CONVERTER. You cannot have a dumb charger(Power Converter) and a smart Charger(The inverter/charger) BOTH doing the same thing. That is why you are overcharging."
I do not agree with this, although I agree with the rest of the advice given.
If your converter is doing 13.8 and your smart charger is doing 14.4, the batteries will just see the amps from the 14.4 charger. When that one drops to its 13.6, then the batteries will ignore that one and just take amps from the 13.8 one. The one with the highest voltage will do all the work.
If you want two chargers to add their amps for a faster recharge, you need to have both chargers at close to the same voltage, so they have nearly the same "spreads" between their voltages and the battery voltage.
If their spreads are different, then their amps will still add as long as they both have some spread, but the one with the biggest spread will provide more amps than the other out of their total.
I do not agree with this, although I agree with the rest of the advice given.
If your converter is doing 13.8 and your smart charger is doing 14.4, the batteries will just see the amps from the 14.4 charger. When that one drops to its 13.6, then the batteries will ignore that one and just take amps from the 13.8 one. The one with the highest voltage will do all the work.
If you want two chargers to add their amps for a faster recharge, you need to have both chargers at close to the same voltage, so they have nearly the same "spreads" between their voltages and the battery voltage.
If their spreads are different, then their amps will still add as long as they both have some spread, but the one with the biggest spread will provide more amps than the other out of their total.
