Snip》》》》 I use a Genasun GV-5 and a Bioenno Power 4.5 Ah LiFePO4 battery to power my KX2. I agree with Jim. These components work great together--but with one exception: I can't float the battery with the GV-5. When the battery approaches full charge, its internal monitoring disconnects the battery from the circuit, causing the GV-5 to go to open circuit voltage of >= 18 V in full sunlight. According to Elecraft, this would fry my radio.《《《《《》》
Wouldn't the 18v be on the ARRAY side of the circuit, not the LOAD side, therefore the radio would be protected and not see the 18v? Am I missing something? Is the radio connected to the battery? The "Moohoo" on Amazon, that Nicklas suggested has an issue ( according to reviews) with array voltage dropping ever so slightly, it goes offline. Typical of the "chenease" junk... I have ordered The "SBCC", by KI0BK. As someone suggested earlier is a 3 stage controller, battery friendly. Those using it claim it's quiet and EFFICIENT, very important at $1 a watt and mostly cloudy where I live. Stick with one designed by a ham, who's goal is radio quiet- YMMV, good luck es 73! Dean K2WW ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
