Yes that does work. On Wed, Oct 20, 2021, 18:33 Julia Tuttle <[email protected]> wrote:
> The charger I have doesn't seem to exhibit that behavior, but I can see how > others might -- it would look to the charger as if the battery magically > jumped backwards in state of charge. > > Can I trust something like the Epic PWRgate to handle simultaneously > charging the battery and running the radio from the same power supply? It > claims to handle juggling a power supply, battery, solar cell, and load. > > 73, > > Julie > > On Wed, Oct 20, 2021, 17:53 Howard Hoyt <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The charger needs to see the quiescent current draw of the battery as it > > is following it's constant current and constant voltage charge curve. > > > > Having designed Li chargers I can tell you that if deviation from > > expected current in the CV part of the charge curve will cause the > > charger logic to error out and abort charging with many charge ICs. It > > is best to disconnect the battery from any loads when charging. > > > > Cheers & 73, > > Howie / WA4PSC > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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] > ______________________________________________________________ > 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] > ______________________________________________________________ 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]
