How Best To Charge My Battery
I have a single group 27 battery. I have a Honda eu1000i generator. My trailer came with a parallax 7155 converter. I want to upgrade to a Progressive Dynamics PD9260CV converter. Will making t...
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It is true the higher charging rate will reach Vabs sooner at a lower SOC. But when amps then taper, for a while they are still higher than the full amps of the lower charging rate, so it is faster overall to use the higher amp charger.
Once the higher amp charger's amps taper down to the lower charger's rate they are at the same SOC at that voltage and have the same times from there on.
However, there is a limit to this where you can start off with too high a charging rate (over 30% approx.) and get no constant amp stage at all, but an immediate spike in battery voltage and tapering amps from the start. This limit varies with battery type/brand
Once the higher amp charger's amps taper down to the lower charger's rate they are at the same SOC at that voltage and have the same times from there on.
However, there is a limit to this where you can start off with too high a charging rate (over 30% approx.) and get no constant amp stage at all, but an immediate spike in battery voltage and tapering amps from the start. This limit varies with battery type/brand
