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nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelect
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 8:05 pm Post subject: Should battery be charged with a higher voltage?

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   Have I come to the correct conclusion about the regulator setting?

Joe


	


    Yes. A SVLA battery will always charge to 100% of capacity

    with a 13.6 to 13.8 volt bus. The reason bus voltages are

    set higher is to shorten a cycle time for recharge after

    a deep discharge.



    But if you always take off with a very lightly taxed

    battery then the lower set point is fine.



   Bob . . .

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user9253

Joined: 28 Mar 2008
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Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 1:50 am Post subject: Re: Should battery be charged with a higher voltage?

Bob, Thanks for your words of wisdom.

To Ron P,

I could not find any reference to a diode on EuropaOwners.org.  But I assume that the diode is inserted in the regulator sense wire.  I had thought about doing that, but voltage measurements indicate that my battery is kept fully charged with the 13.6 volt regulator set-point.

The charging instructions in the Oddyssey manual

http://www.odysseybatteries.com/files/US-ODY-TM-001_0411_000.pdf

pertain to a discharged battery.  Since my PC680 battery never gets discharged, the Continuous Float Charge voltage of 13.6 is adequate.

I appreciate your input.

Joe

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