Next message: Arild Jensen: "TWL: RE: Battery charging"
NO, Jim, it is no longer at 100% when you put them in parallel. When you
put them in parallel, current flows from the fully charged one to the
discharged one.
The amount of this current is limited by the combiner to a safe level and it
may cycle on and off for a period of time until the charge levels are equal.
The combiner delivers a limited amount of amp-hours per minute until they
equalize.
The charge levels will equalize at some mid point that depends on the
relative capacities of the batteries.
>From then on battery to battery current ceases.
And they share the incoming charge current so both remain at the same
percentage of charge all the way up to fully charged.
Andina Foster,
> Andina
>
> I don't understand what you are saying.
>
> If I have one battery that is 100% charged, then anything above
> the proper float voltage will overcharge it, won't it?
>
> If it is in parallel with another battery that is 50% discharged
> and connected to a multi-stage charger, won't the bulk and
> acceptance charge voltages exceed the float voltage?
>
> Wouldn't that overcharge the battery that started out at 100%?
>
>
> Jim Fidler "Fiddlesticks", confused?
>
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