There are some cautions in floating a battery with a mains power
supply. For example, the ProAudio Engineering PAE-Kx33 4A
switching power supply I am using with my KX3 specifically says
not to use the power supply for directly charging batteries, and
voids the warranty if you do.
I had a prototype battery charge controller I was designing let
the magic smoke out when the input power dropped and the battery
sent current backwards through the circuit. The tantalum cap was
actually in flame. (A diode was part of the fix.)
Like Jim, I use a solar charge controller
<http://www.cirkits.com/scc3/> to charge the batteries which run
my K3 station.
73 Bill AE6JV
On 12/22/14 at 11:31 PM, [email protected] (Richard Fjeld) wrote:
Is anyone floating a battery across their power distribution?
Dick, n0ce
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