Author: furpod
Subject: Looking for the best battery charger
Posted: 18 Apr 2016 at 3:21pm
the charge cycle is not linear. the rate of charge slows down.. way down, the closer you get to 100% SOC. Just so you know. You can't just divide the amps needed by the charging amps.. you can break it down for the first 80%, and then the 20 in 4, 10% increments.. ie: from 80 to 85 % the battery charges at a 10% slower rate, from 85 to 90, 10% slower again.. etc. That last 5% can take as long as the first 80%..
Subject: Looking for the best battery charger
Posted: 18 Apr 2016 at 3:21pm
Originally posted by Hunter74
Thanks for your reply. I will probably go with the G7200 as from the math I get online, a 232AH battery / 7.2 amps = 32, so I figure 40 hours or so for a fully charge is discharged a lot, so if I plug the batteries in on Sunday night/Monday morning when I get home from camping, they should be good to go by the next Thursday night/Friday morning if/when I go camping again. Or maybe I'll get a regular 15A charger for the summer so they are ready to go in a day or so, then invest in the G7200 to keep them charged and ready to go over the winter/storage months when I wouldn't go out as much |
the charge cycle is not linear. the rate of charge slows down.. way down, the closer you get to 100% SOC. Just so you know. You can't just divide the amps needed by the charging amps.. you can break it down for the first 80%, and then the 20 in 4, 10% increments.. ie: from 80 to 85 % the battery charges at a 10% slower rate, from 85 to 90, 10% slower again.. etc. That last 5% can take as long as the first 80%..