Re: [AFMUG] battery overcharging

2023-06-07 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
The discharge resistance decreases. The charge resistance increases. On Wed, Jun 7, 2023, 3:14 PM wrote: > I get what you’re saying. Sounds like the worst outcome I can get is > warm batteries. > > > > Where I’m confused is I’m reading that resistance decreases as state of > charge rises

Re: [AFMUG] Battery gassing

2023-06-07 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
Most rooms and buildings are leaky enough that the hydrogen will find a way out through the ceiling and roof. It goes straight up. And it has to be a 4% or richer mixture to actually explode. I have never heard of an explosion due to battery outgassing. I am sure it has happened but I

[AFMUG] Battery gassing

2023-06-07 Thread dmmoffett
You know what led me down this path about overcharging? According to the maintenance manual for the Enersys SBS 190F, they produce 7.23ml of hydrogen per hour while float charging. Being VRLA they're supposed to reabsorb that hydrogen under normal circumstances. Even if the valves were

Re: [AFMUG] battery overcharging

2023-06-07 Thread dmmoffett
“When charging process, the battery's internal resistance (ric) is low and will increase according with increasing the level of SoC. While at the discharging process, the battery's internal resistance (rids) is low and will increase in proportional to the decreasing of the SoC level.”

Re: [AFMUG] battery overcharging

2023-06-07 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
That drawing shows the true, real, “internal resistance” the resistance that will warm up the battery with current flow. The resistance that limits short circuit current. The resistance that causes a small voltage drop when powering something. The thing that can be thought of as the

Re: [AFMUG] battery overcharging

2023-06-07 Thread dmmoffett
These are supposedly measurements from a wheelchair battery: Resistance dropping as open circuit voltage increasing. Maybe this guy can’t read his meter right. From: ch...@go-mtc.com Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2023 3:13 PM To: dmmoff...@gmail.com; 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users

Re: [AFMUG] battery overcharging

2023-06-07 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
I guess that should be effective resistance is rising. Got it backwards. From: dmmoff...@gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, June 7, 2023 1:07 PM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Cc: ch...@go-mtc.com Subject: RE: [AFMUG] battery overcharging I get what you’re saying. Sounds like the worst

Re: [AFMUG] battery overcharging

2023-06-07 Thread dmmoffett
I get what you’re saying. Sounds like the worst outcome I can get is warm batteries. Where I’m confused is I’m reading that resistance decreases as state of charge rises (and also decreases from heat). If resistance is dropping, and we’re at a constant voltage, why is the current also

Re: [AFMUG] battery overcharging

2023-06-07 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
Or charging a capacitor. From: Chuck McCown via AF Sent: Wednesday, June 7, 2023 12:02 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Cc: ch...@go-mtc.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] battery overcharging Another metaphor would be inflating a tire to 32 lbs with the compressor pressure set to 32 lbs.

Re: [AFMUG] battery overcharging

2023-06-07 Thread dmmoffett
No. I’m looking at a Vertiv Netsure 211 through the Network Control Unit and wondering what the most horrible possible outcome of the worst possible settings could be. From: Bill Prince Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2023 2:10 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group ; dmmoff...@gmail.com

Re: [AFMUG] battery overcharging

2023-06-07 Thread Bill Prince
Are you attempting to build a smart charger? I think that's been done, and most of the ones I've seen work pretty well. bp On 6/7/2023 10:04 AM, dmmoff...@gmail.com wrote: So I was looking at a rectifier config and trying to imagine the worst possible thing I could do. With some

Re: [AFMUG] battery overcharging

2023-06-07 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
Another metaphor would be inflating a tire to 32 lbs with the compressor pressure set to 32 lbs. Once the tire is full the air will stop flowing. From: Forrest Christian (List Account) Sent: Wednesday, June 7, 2023 11:58 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] battery

Re: [AFMUG] battery overcharging

2023-06-07 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Ignoring the overvoltage for a minute.. A normal battery, when charged at a normal voltage, will take less and less current until full. It doesn't matter how much current is available, it will only take what it needs. Generally you want to limit the current based on the size of the array,

Re: [AFMUG] battery overcharging

2023-06-07 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
That is for a voltage supply. If you got your hands on a constant current charger, then that could be ungood with lead acid. From: dmmoff...@gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, June 7, 2023 11:04 AM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: [AFMUG] battery overcharging So I was looking at a

Re: [AFMUG] battery overcharging

2023-06-07 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
The effective resistance of the battery increases as the charge increases to the point that the current will just stop (except for a little leakage current) when the cells are full. Unless you have the voltage set too high. Then they will boil (really outgas, but it looks and sounds like they

Re: [AFMUG] battery overcharging

2023-06-07 Thread Jan-GAMs
visualize an over-charged battery exploding. On 6/7/23 10:04, dmmoff...@gmail.com wrote: So I was looking at a rectifier config and trying to imagine the worst possible thing I could do. With some creativity I could start an equalizing charge that will run for 48 hours at 58.5 Volts.

[AFMUG] battery overcharging

2023-06-07 Thread dmmoffett
So I was looking at a rectifier config and trying to imagine the worst possible thing I could do. With some creativity I could start an equalizing charge that will run for 48 hours at 58.5 Volts. Normally it would stop when charge current hits a configurable fraction of the C10 Ah rating of