Xantrex Truecharge2 Reliability?
Hello all, New member here with a 2015 Rockwood 2306 that we picked up June of 2018. We're upgrading from the terrible group 24 battery to a set of two Trojan T-105 batteries. I'm looking for a sui...
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http://www.xantrex.com/power-products/battery-chargers/truecharge-2-2.aspx
I don't understand the charging percent display. Why not just put in a straight ammeter instead of this?
If the batteries want to get down to 2 amps to be full, that is 5% of the 40 amper, but 5% of the 60 amper is 3 amps.
Also, AGMs want to get down to 0.5a/100AH so 5% of whatever isn't going to work. You want to see the actual amps, and have control over the drop to Float voltage. Auto drop at 5% would leave your AGMs undercharged every time.
I don't understand the charging percent display. Why not just put in a straight ammeter instead of this?
If the batteries want to get down to 2 amps to be full, that is 5% of the 40 amper, but 5% of the 60 amper is 3 amps.
Also, AGMs want to get down to 0.5a/100AH so 5% of whatever isn't going to work. You want to see the actual amps, and have control over the drop to Float voltage. Auto drop at 5% would leave your AGMs undercharged every time.
