AnswerID: 208288 Submitted: Sunday, Dec 03, 2006 at 08:47
Grungle
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What brand / model battery do you have?
Flooded setting will be for all wet cell / flooded batteries including sealed maintenance free types.
Gel setting will be for AGM and Gel types.
Flooded setting has higher charging voltages than Gel setting so getting it right will maximise your battery life.
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FollowupID: 468283 Submitted:
Sunday, Dec 03, 2006 at 15:23
Alloy c/t posted:
Ron ,1 slight mistake from Grungle , the gel setting is only for Gel type batteries ,NOT an AGM , abbsorbed glass mat is not a Gel battery , your fullriver AGM HGL is not a Gel battery.
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FollowupID: 468358 Submitted:
Sunday, Dec 03, 2006 at 20:30
Grungle posted:
Hi Alloy c/t,
Both my solar regulator and my 240v 3 stage charger each have 2 settings. One for flooded and the other for Gel/AGM so I am just going off what each of my setups list. Others may have 3 different settings such as flooded , gel and AGM but you will probably find that Gel and AGM are both one setting on most chargers and flooded as the other setting.
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David
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FollowupID: 468366 Submitted:
Sunday, Dec 03, 2006 at 20:40
Grungle posted:
Hi Ron O,
In most cases the setting for any charger will be to Gel / AGM for an AGM battery as they require lower charge voltages than flooded batteries.
You are correct in that the regulator will show 0V at the battery and 21V at the regulator without a battery connected as a regulator will only charge a battery if it can tell what its state of charge is and this is done checking the batteries voltage. No battery and the regulator will just sit idle. As soon as you connect a battery it will read its voltage and apply current from the solar panel to the battery depending on what it thinks its state of charge is.
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David
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FollowupID: 468428 Submitted:
Monday, Dec 04, 2006 at 07:47
Grungle posted:
Hi Alloy c/t,
What type of Steca regulator do you have? I have a PR3030 that I am trying to find time to install on the Patrol (maybe over Christmas if the wife lets me) and I think they are a good bit of kit.
I went to the Steca website for a look as I can't fine my manual but at the moment, however the online manual says in section 6.3 page 10 that 'If you use a Gel or AGM battery, you have to change the battery type to GEL'.
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David
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