08-14-2023, 05:23 AM
Steve: there was a three wire ten gauge branch circuit to feed the old Freedom inverter. One leg fed the inverter pass through xfer switch to supply an output if not inverting, the other leg fed the charger portion.
The Victron uses only one 30A 120V supply and reduces the charge rate by whatever is being used by the output load. That left the old charger leg unused. I inserted a buss fuse holder in order to feed the new charger at 20A and ran a 12 gauge cable into the battery bay.
Richard: I rarely get to 30% SOC however, at 60% the BMS-712 (Victron SOC meter) reports 149A @ 14.0V during adsorption. I’m sure it goes a little higher during the bulk stage but I never seem to catch it. Both chargers are using a three stage algorithm floating out at 14.2V. I hope that answers your question.
The Victron uses only one 30A 120V supply and reduces the charge rate by whatever is being used by the output load. That left the old charger leg unused. I inserted a buss fuse holder in order to feed the new charger at 20A and ran a 12 gauge cable into the battery bay.
Richard: I rarely get to 30% SOC however, at 60% the BMS-712 (Victron SOC meter) reports 149A @ 14.0V during adsorption. I’m sure it goes a little higher during the bulk stage but I never seem to catch it. Both chargers are using a three stage algorithm floating out at 14.2V. I hope that answers your question.
Gordon Jones
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