Replacing my Converter/Charger - Help
Hi Guys/Gals I have a 25' Weekend Warrior toy hauler and last week in Baja my my Iota DSL-30 converter/charger stopped working I bought a PowerMax PM4 100A converter/charger to replace it I was thi...
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"I turned it up all the way and it's at 16.6V
The instructions say it should stay at the set level for a half hour and the decrease and stay at that level for two hours, and then decrease to float level
I thought smart chargers were supposed to work on voltage not timing"
The "three-stage" charging profile is what you are looking at there. I think. That was showing in your earlier photo. If this is in a different part of the manual, I can't say. I don't have a copy of that manual.
When it is switched to single and the pot is twiddled to a chosen voltage, it should stay at that voltage forever (unless it drops one volt after the half hour is up---we'll see) The old ones dropped a volt after 15 minutes and then stayed at that forever, so you have to adjust the voltage again after the 15 minutes to get what you want.
PM sells mostly to car showroom folks and that's what they want. ( I guess it simulates what alternators do by dropping voltage soon after you start the car) It is a nuisance for RVers though (5% of the customers? )--but we have to take what we can get! :)
The instructions say it should stay at the set level for a half hour and the decrease and stay at that level for two hours, and then decrease to float level
I thought smart chargers were supposed to work on voltage not timing"
The "three-stage" charging profile is what you are looking at there. I think. That was showing in your earlier photo. If this is in a different part of the manual, I can't say. I don't have a copy of that manual.
When it is switched to single and the pot is twiddled to a chosen voltage, it should stay at that voltage forever (unless it drops one volt after the half hour is up---we'll see) The old ones dropped a volt after 15 minutes and then stayed at that forever, so you have to adjust the voltage again after the 15 minutes to get what you want.
PM sells mostly to car showroom folks and that's what they want. ( I guess it simulates what alternators do by dropping voltage soon after you start the car) It is a nuisance for RVers though (5% of the customers? )--but we have to take what we can get! :)
