I have been using a Samlex 20 amp switcher to float charge 4 six volt golf car batteries wired in series parallel for the last 5 years,
The repeater and packet device are both Syntor X radios and have not been off the air in over 4 years. I keep the voltage set at 13.2 with the power supply wired direct to the batteries (through a fuse of course) but find no reason to place a diode in series as the supply must be already protected from back current flow. I picked 13.2 volts because electrolite loss is minimal at that voltage, it may not be the optimum setup but it works for me. I still need to figure out how to equilizie the batteries easily with this set up. tom On 5/31/2010 10:31 AM, ab6li wrote: > Hello to the group. > > Has anyone used an Astron SS series switching supply for a battery float > charger? I have seen the info on using the standard Astrons but I like the > efficiency of the switcher. > > Any comments? > > Thanks in advance. John ab6li > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > >
