Reply With QuoteHi Nobby and my apologies, I did miss your question and yes they can be set up as you have requested and they would then be a Fit-N-Forget operation.Originally Posted by NobbyTD5
Cheers, Tim.
Master
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my question in page 2 of this thread
obviously got lost in the responses
any comments..
cheers
Nobby
OldBushie
Hi Nobby and my apologies, I did miss your question and yes they can be set up as you have requested and they would then be a Fit-N-Forget operation.
Cheers, Tim.
Swaggie
have just signed up for one, the 15.......will let you know how it performs when i have it wired in
has anybody else purchased one??
Wizard
I'm still waiting on the reply to the question related to potential integration into a system having three power sources (solar, alternator and 240v)... my vehicle can sit for weeks, (potentially months) at a time between uses so it would be ideal to leave it on solar, with the automatic option to top up via mains power below a certain setpoint voltage. Then when out for a spin, it would automatically switch to 12v sourced from the alternator... until I camp and then it switches to solar or 240v if I happen to be in a caravan park or whatever....
does that makes sense?
OldBushie
Hi EchiDna and my apologies, I completely forgot to reply, total slacker!
The battery charger is fine if you connect another power supply source and your alternator is too.
Most Solar regulators are but this is the one device you need to check to see if it will tolerate having other power sources connected to the one it is connected to.
Again, I am pretty sure you will be fine but just be on the safe side and check you solar reg's specs.
Swaggie
just finished installing mine. it seems to be doing it job so i will leave it on over night. currently on a near fully charged battery it putting out 14.8V @ 2.3A
hopefully over the weekend i will have the fridge and lights plumbed in so i can see what the charger does on a battery that is being used.
Swaggie
just hooked up the car to see how the system performs overnight
load
2 x aux
1 x start
1 x 32 engel fridge running at around zero degrees with six beers in it
14.2V @ 15.2A (running at its max.)
Swaggie
down to 1A this morning with fridge cycled off, 4.5 when fridge cycles on
OldBushie
Hi Kevin and keep the feedback coming and where exactly is the charger mounted?
Master
Hi Tim
I have recently installed a bank of 4 x 90 AH LiFePO4 12V batteries in my caravan. I was able to custom program my Plasmatronics PL-60 solar regulator to charge these, but my Victron Centaur 60 Amp battery charger cannot be programmed to safely charge them.
I note that the chargers you stock have a setting for LiFePO4 batteries but, from the photos that you published at the start of this thread, I see that the battery conditioning voltage that the charger applies to LiFePO4 batteries is 14.8 Volts. This is a full 0.6 Volts higher than anything I have ever seen recommended anywhere for the Winston batteries that I have.
Can the program be customised so that the charge Voltage never exceeds 14.2 Volts? Can the time that the battery is in Boost mode be set by the purchaser? Can you reply with a link to a web page that goes into detail about what can and can't be done to custom-set these chargers? I have found pages on the web that list the Voltages for preset programs but don't go into the where's and why's of what can be done to customise the charger.
Thanks
Russ
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