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DavMar
Senior Member Joined: 04 Aug 2017 Location: Lexington, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 592 |
Topic: Potential converter problem Posted: 21 Aug 2018 at 3:12pm |
+1 to both GlueGuy and fwunder who both are just describing the same functions differently. Hooked up the "charge wizard" pendent to my Progressive Dynamics circuit board today. I like now having the options of stepping through different charging modes and being able to quickly diagnose a problem with the converter.
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Dave & Marlene J with Zoey the
wonder dog. 2017 Rpod 180 2016 Toyota Tacoma SR5 4x4 Lexington, NC |
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lgblau
Senior Member Joined: 09 Feb 2018 Location: Arizona Online Status: Offline Posts: 140 |
Posted: 21 Aug 2018 at 1:46pm |
Best explanation so far.
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Leonard🌵
2017/179 2017 Ram 1500 |
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fwunder
Senior Member Joined: 04 Oct 2013 Location: New Jersey Online Status: Offline Posts: 1676 |
Posted: 21 Aug 2018 at 1:04pm |
Probably just a matter of semantics, but I like the way it is described in my PD4655 manual:
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2014 RPod 178 => MyMods and Buying Habits
2008 4Runner Limited 4.0-liter V6 Yes, those are wild ponies dining on grass while dumping tanks! |
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Ben Herman
Senior Member Joined: 26 Apr 2018 Location: Gr Junction, CO Online Status: Offline Posts: 355 |
Posted: 21 Aug 2018 at 12:54pm |
Thx!
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mrm435075
Newbie Joined: 16 Aug 2018 Location: Eagle, Idaho Online Status: Offline Posts: 7 |
Posted: 21 Aug 2018 at 12:48pm |
If you are actually seeing 13.6v during 'Absorption' stage then something is wrong with the charger, or your battery because 13.5-13.8v is the 'Float' voltage for a 12v battery.
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Michael
2019 R-Pod 179 HRE Cocoon 2011 Tacoma TRD 4 door |
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mcarter
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 07 Apr 2016 Location: Greenbrier, TN Online Status: Offline Posts: 3419 |
Posted: 21 Aug 2018 at 12:14pm |
GlueGuy,
I agree with chart and not seeing Bulk mode, why I said, I had not seen bulk voltage. My point was the absorbtion charge voltage is 13.6 or thereabouts not 14.1. |
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Mike Carter
2015 178 " I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability." |
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mcarter
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 07 Apr 2016 Location: Greenbrier, TN Online Status: Offline Posts: 3419 |
Posted: 21 Aug 2018 at 12:09pm |
Hey Ben,
Mine came from Amazon - Cllena - Triple function - Dual USB, LED 12V Gauge and 12V Lighter plug. |
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Mike Carter
2015 178 " I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability." |
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Ben Herman
Senior Member Joined: 26 Apr 2018 Location: Gr Junction, CO Online Status: Offline Posts: 355 |
Posted: 21 Aug 2018 at 10:11am |
Hey Mike, I'm just now catching up on this thread - if you are able, would you mind sharing which voltmeter combo you used? Would like to purchase one myself. Thx!
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mrm435075
Newbie Joined: 16 Aug 2018 Location: Eagle, Idaho Online Status: Offline Posts: 7 |
Posted: 21 Aug 2018 at 9:59am |
Nice chart GlueGuy. For the last 25 years my wife and I "camped" on our Catalina 36 Sloop. We rarely went to a marina preferring to anchor in quiet uncrowded coves of the San Jaun, and Canada's Gulf Islands. This required a lot of battery capacity to have refrigeration for 3-5 days. We had essentially 3 12v batteries. A house bank of 4 6v's wired to make 2 12v 225 AH Batteries, a battery switch to select either one, or both, plus a dedicated 12v starting battery. To charge I installed a unit that could charge each battery separately runnig through the Bulk, Absorption, and Float modes. It had settings for just Bulk and Absorption as well as just Float, plus a setting to float the batteries and power the dc devices needing power while on Shore Power. So I know a little about charging cycles and voltages.
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Michael
2019 R-Pod 179 HRE Cocoon 2011 Tacoma TRD 4 door |
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GlueGuy
Senior Member Joined: 15 May 2017 Location: N. California Online Status: Offline Posts: 2629 |
Posted: 21 Aug 2018 at 9:21am |
I have been installing remote solar-powered communications sites for over a decade. Here is a graph showing the different cycles and the voltage/current relationships. The equalization stage is not normally run every cycle; only "periodically", and some chargers won't have an equalization stage. |
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bp
2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River 2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost |
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