Battery Chargers Used in the Industry

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Rajendrasep Participant Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: India,Karnataka Posts: 1	Battery Chargers Used in the Industry 08/11/2013 1:06 AM
	in our company we are using both trickle and boost battery charger .my doubt is can boost battery charger used as trickle battery charger? if yes please suggest how it is to be done and the benefits of the same __________________ RAJ
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lyn Guru Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 42355 Good Answers: 1693	#1 Re: battery chargers used in the industry 08/11/2013 1:14 AM
	Why would you use a boost charger when all you need is a trickle charge? Explain what you mean. Your question is ...........................unclear, at best. Where are the instructions for the different chargers? Have you read them? Do you understand them? Why do you not follow them????????????? You can use a boost charger to "top off" a battery, but you'd need to read the instructions, or have some one interpret them for you, to do this. Just shoot me..................................................................................................
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suresh sharma Guru Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 1983 Good Answers: 25	#5 In reply to #1 Re: battery chargers used in the industry 08/12/2013 6:07 AM
	Provide gun to OP to shoot you. He does not have gun. __________________ "Engineers should not look for jobs but should create jobs for others" by Dr.Radhakrishnan Ex President of India during my college graduation day
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TerraMan Power-User Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 473 Good Answers: 13	#2 Re: Battery Chargers Used in the Industry 08/11/2013 10:32 PM
	Lyn, here's some advice that may save you some aggravation. Login in to CR4, read a post, roll your eyes...then walk away! Lol.
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old salt Guru Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Stronger Than The Storm Posts: 2394 Good Answers: 203	#3 Re: Battery Chargers Used in the Industry 08/11/2013 11:51 PM
	A trickle charger trickles the current to the battery. This is when the battery voltage is near the charger voltage level. Trickle is slow. Booster charger boosts the battery. Boost as in lots of current because the battery voltage is much lower than the charger's. Booster is lots of current "punch". Make a combination charger, booster/trickle charger with electrical/electronic components and circuitry and you have one unit that does both; Benefit is you don't have to wait around while the booster charger does it's thing and you don't have to wait around while the trickle charger does it's thing, a long wait. Trickle charger also continues to provide a small current to the battery so you don't have to go back and forth to add a little voltage/current to the battery. Biggest benefit is it does it all for you and you can go do something more personally rewarding such as watch the leaves grow, the moon rise, the sun rise and lick the batter out of the cake mixing bowl. See, the booster/trickle charger is the best of two worlds and makes it one. Good Luck, Old Salt __________________ Any day on the green side of the grass is a GREAT DAY!, --- me +++++++++. I believe creativity is an inherent part of everyone. --- Kermit T. Frog
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bwilko Power-User Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 142 Good Answers: 14	#4 Re: Battery Chargers Used in the Industry 08/12/2013 3:23 AM
	Get yourself a decent 3 to 5 stage smart charger and you will never have to worry about any of it again. The charger will test the battery and apply the correct charge current according to that assessment. All that you generally have to do is set the battery voltage and chemistry type. It will remain in boost/bulk mode, which is a constant current phase until the battery reaches a preset terminal voltage, will then go to absorption mode, which is a constant voltage phase until the charge current falls to a preset level for a preset amount of time, and will then switch to float (you call it trickle), which is a lower voltage (normally around 13.7v for a 12v battery) where it will stay unless the terminal voltage falls either due to load conditions or internal losses.
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Rockyscience Power-User Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Near the New Madrid Fault. USA Posts: 269 Good Answers: 1	#6 Re: Battery Chargers Used in the Industry 08/12/2013 2:54 PM
	NO.. __________________ It's not Rocket Science
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