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05-02-2015, 12:16 PM | #1 |
Not Yet Wild
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finished voltage on charger
How does the club car 48 Volt charger determine when the batteries are fully charged?
Does it look for a certain voltage,or does it simply go by a timer? When it has switched itself"off",does it still output a "maintenance" voltage on the batteries? What if the cart is left on the charger and not used for weeks at a time,will the batteries suffer from this lack of charge? Will the batteries not self discharge over time? Thanks in advance for any information on this. |
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05-02-2015, 12:42 PM | #2 | |
Gone Wild
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Re: finished voltage on charger
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05-02-2015, 01:47 PM | #3 |
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Re: finished voltage on charger
Welcome to BGW
Trojan's recommended charge curve for a single (2V) deep cycle wet cell. There are 24 cells in a 48V battery pack, so when you do the math you get 58.80V to 66.96V. However, Trojan uses an electrolyte that is 27.7% sulfuric acid by weight (SG = 1.277) and other battery manufacturers use different concentrations, so the on-charge voltage that is typically reached when their batteries are fully charged, will be higher or lower. |
05-03-2015, 01:41 PM | #4 |
Gone Wild
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Re: finished voltage on charger
Trojan's recommended charge curve for a single (2V) deep cycle wet cell. There are 24 cells in a 48V battery pack, so when you do the math you get 58.80V to 66.96V. However, Trojan uses an electrolyte that is 27.7% sulfuric acid by weight (SG = 1.277) and other battery manufacturers use different concentrations, so the on-charge voltage that is typically reached when their batteries are fully charged, will be higher or lower.[/QUOTE]
Very interesting info Where did you find this spec and where would I find for other batteries? I have just purchased new Trojans but considered Crown batteries before I made purchase |
05-03-2015, 02:10 PM | #5 |
Gone Wild
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Re: finished voltage on charger
Once the battery gets above about 58v there is no charging going on. All the energy being put into the battery is being converted to hydrogen and oxygen. These are the bubbles you see. This is why the CC chargers are junk/obsolete. Consider going to a modern charger like a DPI. With a DPI they recommend a finished voltage of 57.2 for Trojan batteries with other batteries it varies slightly.
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05-04-2015, 03:34 PM | #6 |
Getting Wild
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Re: finished voltage on charger
DPI is junk. The only ones I handle are warranty claims.
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05-04-2015, 03:36 PM | #7 |
Getting Wild
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Re: finished voltage on charger
DPI is a Transformer-Style charger just like the CC charger. Unless you are going to a Lester Summit or some other electronic, high-frequency charger, you are just pulling your dick.
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05-04-2015, 04:00 PM | #8 |
Gone Wild
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Re: finished voltage on charger
Here is a little test. What makes a high frequency charger so much better? Do you think that there isn't a transformer in the HF charger. Why do you sell them?
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05-04-2015, 05:38 PM | #9 |
Happy Carting
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Re: finished voltage on charger
Somebody linked me to your posts.
That's a load of crap from some one who's motto is we sell only the finest & then sells thunderbull chargers. That's about as low end product as you can get. The DPI is a very good charger with very good 2 year warranty. Which they happily honor if you need a control board. It has dip switch selectable algorithms and a float mode with 30 day fresh charge when in storage mode. Which charger does more than that for the price? |
05-04-2015, 07:20 PM | #10 |
Gone Wild
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Re: finished voltage on charger
I'd certinly expect someone to back up their claims if they are going to make such harsh comment....
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