Charging Improvement
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Re: Charging Improvement
I have the enerdrive elight gauge (which is a re-badged Xantrex)
http://www.enerdrive.com.au/battery-mon ... y-monitors
To reset/recalibrate the gauge all you do is push the two outer buttons in simultaneously when the batteries are fully charged
Craig
http://www.enerdrive.com.au/battery-mon ... y-monitors
To reset/recalibrate the gauge all you do is push the two outer buttons in simultaneously when the batteries are fully charged
Craig
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Re: Charging Improvement
If you have a reasonable amount of solar I'd say no, it has the same problems as any of the other MPPT units, it won't charge the battery if it sees another charging sourse operation at the same time. this is a major failing of all the DC to DC chargers, they don't pay well with others.crockitt wrote:Is the CTEK D250S worth considering Dave
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Re: Charging Improvement
T1 Terry wrote:If you have a reasonable amount of solar I'd say no, it has the same problems as any of the other MPPT units, it won't charge the battery if it sees another charging sourse operation at the same time. this is a major failing of all the DC to DC chargers, they don't pay well with others.crockitt wrote:Is the CTEK D250S worth considering Dave
I have a ctek d250s terry. it work's fine as solar or dc dc
charger on it's own. if I hook up the ac charger it sulk's.
bob

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Re: Charging Improvement
This the reason it will only work on solar or alternator, not both together.
A far more sucessful method of battery to battery charging is an inverter and mains charger. If a 3 way battery switch is placed in te cable before the inverter both units become dual use, an essential when living in a varavan or motorhome as room, usfullness and weight are the things that are at top of the list.
A far more sucessful method of battery to battery charging is an inverter and mains charger. If a 3 way battery switch is placed in te cable before the inverter both units become dual use, an essential when living in a varavan or motorhome as room, usfullness and weight are the things that are at top of the list.
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