Ahmet's device is a DC to DC converter.
It uses power from a normally charged, but not necessarily equalized, battery, the donor battery, to raise its voltage the level required to equalize another battery, the receptor battery. Thus the receptor battery can be fully charged, or equalized, over the long period of time necessary for this to be done properly with power from the donor battery. One can choose the donor and receptor battery at will. For example, one could have a cheap 12V deep cycle battery used just as a donor battery to insure that your expensive house bank is fully equalized regularly. Or you could have a two battery house bank and use one battery as a donor and the other as a receptor switching them back and forth to insure they each get equalized regularly. I think it is a wonderful idea. I would love to hear Andnia's input on this concept. Combining Ahmet's DC/DC device with Andina's Combiner would be a natural move. Andina's input would be very useful for the development and distribution of The Equalizer. As she has told me, "Inventing is easy, it's the selling that is hard." Since I have a substantial PV array I don't need a equalizer myself, but I look forward with great interest to the advance of Ahmet's device for those who used their engines to recharge their batteries. Norm S/V Bandersnatch > This is interesting but baffling. I must have missed some details, or > it's just over my head. > > Perhaps someone can restate the problem and how this device solves the > problem? > > Thanks! > -Neal. > _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
