Traxide SC80 Battery Controller

In the USA, you might consider these folks for dual wire cable.
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Cheers, Roy

Hi newthings and welcome, unfortunately the weight of the cable means the freight cost is way higher then the cable cost.

I regularly ship to the USA and Europe, and the cable’s weight in each kit, constitutes the bulk of the freight cost.

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Originally Posted by drivesafe

Hi Franz and first off, I did get your E-mail and will fix that tomorrow.

Next, I forgot you have an SC80 not the USI-160.

You can do the same test by disconnect the earth lead on the SC80 when you turn the motor off and see what happens to each battery.

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Hi Tim,

One of the reasons for my batteries not holding charge is that the main, a lead calcium, has never been fully charged with the 6A, 3 stage charger that I have been using. I have now purchased a 21A charger that has a setting for lead calcium batteries.

My research indicates that lead calcium batteries take a higher charge than standard wet cell lead acid and AGM batteries. Does this therefor mean that I need to charge the two batteries seperately? If I pump a higher than normal voltage required for the lead calcium battery into the AGM (both batteries charge together because of the power sharing capabilities of the SC80), will I not do damage to the AGM?

Your input is appreciated.

Cheers,

Franz

Hi Franz and you MUST charge the batteries separately.

The Calcium setting will mean your charger is going to operate at 15V, or at least it should.

15v is way too high for AGMs.

If you have older flooded wet cell batteries, they are fine being charged with the Calcium setting and will actually benefit from the higher BOOST cycle.