That's a great hack, Cor!   Easy and effective.

On Sun, Aug 2, 2026 at 11:56 AM Cor van de Water <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi Phil,
> I forgot to write it down when I measured, but it was low enough that
> there was essentially no charging current, so I think closer to 13V.
> As a hack to keep my older battery charged, I disconnected the current
> sensor on the aux battery terminal, so the car would constantly see a large
> (negative) current from the bidir sensor that I think outputs a 0-5V for
> something like -100 to +100 A of measurement, 0A being in the middle so
> 2.5V.
> I still use that hack today, to keep my smallish Lithium aux battery
> charged up to 14V.
>
> Oh, when I check old screenshots of LeafSpy, then it shows either 12.96 or
> 13.04V, I presume that is the ADC resolution (0.08V on a 5V range means 6
> bits??) and a charge current of 1A.
> Without sensor connected, it shows 13.92V at a reported current of
> -105.37A due to the unconnected sensor input.
> Cor.
>
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