Ok, well I'm not sure what you mean by float them. Don't really have much expierience with batteries and power supplies, never really had the need up till now.
Mathew
Dave VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
At 08:29 PM 6/7/2005, Mathew Quaife wrote:
>Hi Doug, you might be right on the drop, I was taking it from memory
>as it was nearly 4 months ago that I had them hooked up. As for as
>amps, the repeater keyed up draws right about 22 amps according to
>the meter on the astron. I have never put another meter
>inline. And yes, I want to be able to use the batteries and keep
>them from killing the power supply if they should ever backfeed. We
>lost the repeater the other night when a storm came throught and
>wipe out the commercial power, was out for nearly 8 hours.
So float them across the bus, and be happy!
No switching, no worries.
You do want a supply that is rated at or very close to the repeater
draw, so that long term operation dosen't pull the batteries down,
but that's not a problem. Just dial up the appropriate float voltage
for your batteries.
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