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Battery Charging Explained
While not a perfect analogy, it is useful to think of voltage as pressure. Just as applying too much pressure to a balloon for too much ti...
December 30, 2014
Charge Coordination Explained
A boat’s batteries typically spend less than 2% of their time being charged by the alternator. For the remaining 98% of the time they are...
December 30, 2014
Four Stage Battery Charging With Prefloat Explained
Bulk charges batteries to 75-80% of full charge. Absorption gradually completes remaining charge to full. PreFloat moves each battery indiv...
October 12, 2012
Automatic Charging Relay (ACR) Explained
For specific troubleshooting help with SI-Series PN 7610 and ML-Series PNs 7620, 7621, 7622, and 7623 ACRs, click on the following links: SI...
March 20, 2009
Battery State of Charge—What is it, and How is it Measured
Knowing Battery State of Charge is like knowing the amount of fuel in your fuel tank: it is relevant information for both peace of mind and...
January 20, 2009
Preventing Cycling in Battery Combiners, Voltage Sensitive Relays, and Automatic Charging Relays
The primary functions of battery combiners, which include voltage sensitive relays and automatic charging relays (ACR), are: Combine battery...
March 15, 2007
Applications of ACR and Multi-Program Multi-Output Chargers
This is the third technical brief related to applications of automatic charging relays (ACR) and battery chargers. Automatic charging relays...
February 16, 2007
Solving ACR/Multi-Program Multi-Output Charger Interference
There may be interference between the output of multi-program multi-output chargers and normal ACR performance. For a discussion of these in...
February 16, 2007