While we were out and about the past few days, I was curious about the power converter in my Northern Lite, and whether or not it had a float setting to keep from damaging batteries by over charging.
I dug into the literature, and was pleased to find that it does go into a float state once the batteries are at full charge. Even more pleased to learn that it will go into a maintenance mode to help prevent sulfation. After 21 hours in float mode, the converter will jump charging voltage up to 14.2 volts for 15 minutes, then back to float mode. Pulsing with a short period of higher voltage is how most good chargers work.
I think I would like to have one of these (or similar) in any RV.
I dug into the literature, and was pleased to find that it does go into a float state once the batteries are at full charge. Even more pleased to learn that it will go into a maintenance mode to help prevent sulfation. After 21 hours in float mode, the converter will jump charging voltage up to 14.2 volts for 15 minutes, then back to float mode. Pulsing with a short period of higher voltage is how most good chargers work.
I think I would like to have one of these (or similar) in any RV.