Operation

Manzanita Micro

Operation:

When normally charging your batteries, all the charge current goes through all the batteries equally until one or more reaches about 13.8 volts. This is the normal way for all lead acid batteries. A starved electrolyte, or an Absorbed Glass Mat (Valve Regulated) battery has very little free acid in it, and nowhere for gases to go. If you overcharge one of these types of batteries you will create gasses that must be recombined and recycled inside the battery, creating heat and pressure. If too much is created by excessive over charging, its safety valve will vent, and the battery may be seriously damaged. Normal flooded-type cells simply vent these gasses through their caps. It is important to limit the voltage of these advanced batteries to no more than their manufacturers recommendation. If you can meet the manufacturers specs, you will optimize your cycle life and your return on your battery investment. The Rudman Regulator will sense when the voltage gets too high, and will momentarily bypass the battery to reduce the voltage on the battery. This drops the voltage across the battery by about 100 mV. As charging continues, the voltage will then rise back to the regulators trip point, and will again bypass until the voltage drops. In operation the Rudman Regulators will flash or strobe on and off as they cycle the power to the next battery down the string. Their operational actions are clear and crisp, and easily monitored.


	Operation: When normally charging your batteries, all the charge current goes through all the batteries equally until one or more reaches about 13.8 volts. This is the normal way for all lead acid batteries. A starved electrolyte, or an Absorbed Glass Mat (Valve Regulated) battery has very little free acid in it, and nowhere for gases to go. If you overcharge one of these types of batteries you will create gasses that must be recombined and recycled inside the battery, creating heat and pressure. If too much is created by excessive over charging, its safety valve will vent, and the battery may be seriously damaged. Normal flooded-type cells simply vent these gasses through their caps. It is important to limit the voltage of these advanced batteries to no more than their manufacturers recommendation. If you can meet the manufacturers specs, you will optimize your cycle life and your return on your battery investment. The Rudman Regulator will sense when the voltage gets too high, and will momentarily bypass the battery to reduce the voltage on the battery. This drops the voltage across the battery by about 100 mV. As charging continues, the voltage will then rise back to the regulators trip point, and will again bypass until the voltage drops. In operation the Rudman Regulators will flash or strobe on and off as they cycle the power to the next battery down the string. Their operational actions are clear and crisp, and easily monitored.