Charging questions

Ok.. i have a tiny bank of 3 hc2000 right now.. I just got a shumaker ssc-1500A i believe it is. It does 15/10/2 .. Just curious where to put it on.. It says it has a microprocessor and its supposed to step down on its own.. so do i put it on 15 and just let it roll??? I had it on 10 today and it ran for about 2 hours and had a surface charge of 14.8 is what the charger said.. is this normal?? It never stepped down... Another thing is im just hooking it up to the middle batt. i know its not the best way to do it but im still waiting on my copper buss bars to come in to connect all the batts... thanks

You can put it on the lowest setting and let it go over night! Put it on 15 while you are testing.

i plugged it up on 2a when i got out of classtoday on the agm setting and in 30 mins it ran up to 15.1?? however high the surface charge is it seems like evrytime it will rest at 13.1.. is there a way to get to get this number up? and is it normal for it to go from 13.1 to 15.1 in 30 mins on a 2a charge?? and how do you know when its fully charged? thanks

It does have a green light thats supposed to light up when charged but that hasnt ever come on...

not alot of people that charge out there?

I have not used your charger but there should be some indacation that it is charging . Green light for charged ,yellow for 80% and a line of red lights to show at what level it is charging. So no lights? I don't know! It is common for the voltage to read 15 when the charger is on and go to the curent level when the charger is off !

ya its got yellow light for charging on but its been going a few hours and its up to 15.2 and the green light still has not come on.. i have read articles its not good to keeop agm batts over 15v for long periods of time... but this charger is supposed to automatically give what the batt needs and cut down voltage when its charged but it it showing no signs of doing that

I always charge @ 15.2 volts overnight and have no problems

cool.. ya it has kinda stalled on 15.2 so im just goin to let it run and see when it stops.. its been about 5 hours

You should look up the manufacturer's recommended charging procedures/voltage/current/etc. to make sure you get a long life out of your batteries. It's also best to have them around 77 degrees F for optimum performance. If you charge them too high for too long you will significantly shorten the life of the battery. The same is also true for letting them go too long without a refresher charge. I would never recommend going over 15.0 volts on a 12 volt battery for extended periods of time.

Here is Kinetiks charging recommendation: http://kinetikaudio.com/2009/faq.asp
Other manufacturer's provide detailed specification sheets for max float voltage per cell, recommended charger current, etc. Kinetik may be able to provide this on request.

They finally charged... took about 5 hours but the grren light came on and they were sitting about 13.9 and it was just trickle charging

now switch the ends from the middle bat ....to pos. on first batt and neg on last batt they will charge better

The_Rowlands wrote:

now switch the ends from the middle bat ....to pos. on first batt and neg on last batt they will charge better

alright.. i will try that this weekend.. got a little show to go to.. appreciate the help