My electric gate is powered by an AGM battery. Will this maintainer abort when presented with 5 to 7 Amp of power usage when the gate is opened? schumacher's technical support guy told me that.
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I did read that the maintainer has a device to evaluate the batteries condition so it does sound possible. I would try it. I think it has a warranty too. Hope that helps, just my 2 cents.
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I am using mine to keep the battery charged on my truck which sits idle a lot. A lot of factors are involved. How sunny is the location how much power the gate opener requires etc. You might want to go to something a little larger than 10W
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I use it with my generator, it kept blowing my GFI breaker, I put a regular 110 outlet in and it runs my trailer with both AC, I have used it at a few parks without a GFI breaker outlet, so if you have. GFI breaker in the circuit you need to replace it with a regular 110v outlet and it should work just fine. Hope this helps??
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specs for the unit say .6A no load (standby) current draw so eventually it would pull battery dead if you did not have any charging on your battery bank, probably not a bad idea if leaving un-attended for long periods to have a battery disconnect for the inverter so you don't have some glitch that would allow inverter to possibly short and start a fire.
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Is this just an expensive charger (snake oil) or will any battery charger charge AGM batteries? I already have 2 chargers, small 10 amp max and a full blown starter/charger.
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I had forgotten that there was a switch on it at all. So I went out two look at it in my '97 Mercury Sable. I was surprised to see that it had somehow gotten accidentally switched to 6 volts. I use this charger only in the winter when this car isn't on the road. So I have to thank you because I had forgotten that there even was a switch.I also had to look up AGM battery. According to what I found, that's a sealed battery that can be used in any orientation. Are you sure your battery isn't one of these? That's probably the setting I'd try.By the way I don't know what you mean by Gate (with the G in capitals). Is this an electronic gate powered by a battery?Sorry I can't be of more help. I hope you do find some. I had forgotten that there was a switch on it at all. So I went out two look at it in my '97 Mercury Sable. I was surprised to see that it had somehow gotten accidentally switched to 6 volts. I use this charger only in the winter when this car isn't on the road. So I have to thank you because I had forgotten that there even was a switch.I also had to look up AGM battery. According to what I found, that's a sealed battery that can be used in any orientation. Are you sure your battery isn't one of these? That's probably the setting I'd try.By the way I don't know what... » Read More I had forgotten that there was a switch on it at all. So I went out two look at it in my '97 Mercury Sable. I was surprised to see that it had somehow gotten accidentally switched to 6 volts. I use this charger only in the winter when this car isn't on the road. So I have to thank you because I had forgotten that there even was a switch.I also had to look up AGM battery. According to what I found, that's a sealed battery that can be used in any orientation. Are you sure your battery isn't one of these? That's probably the setting I'd try.By the way I don't know what you mean by Gate (with the G in capitals). Is this an electronic gate powered by a battery?Sorry I can't be of more help. I hope you do find some. « Show Less
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Did you try the inverter? I would be interested in how it worked out for you. Some electric motors don't like modified sine wave inverters. The inverter would have to be at least 1500 running watts and the blower would be running it at maximum when it is pulling 12 amps. Note that most car alternators would have trouble keeping up with that much load for a long time. Be sure you turn off EVERYTHING in the car if you are going to do this.
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What are you using "load" for? I plugged the Schumacher solar panel into the "power" connector and the "load" connector is not used. If you are using the "load" connector for an accessory and polarity is important to you, examine the leads on this item. It shows the positive and negative terminals. The red wire is positive and the black is negative.Schumacher WM-12 Cable Connector for Battery Charger/Maintainer
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No, the opposite. While being used the inverter draws power from the battery and inverts it to alternating current and amplifies it to 125 volts. To figure your battery amp draw simply divide the total wattage of the device being powered by 12 (your supply voltage) and you will get your amp draw at the battery. For example if you had a 1200 watt load running, your battery amp draw would be approximately 100 amps. A load of this size would drain your average car battery in 10-15 minutes and possibly ruin the battery. Inverter/chargers are available, but to charge your batteries you need to plug in the inverter/charger to utility power. No, the opposite. While being used the inverter draws power from the battery and inverts it to alternating current and amplifies it to 125 volts. To figure your battery amp draw simply divide the total wattage of the device being powered by 12 (your supply voltage) and you will get your amp draw at the battery. For example if you had a 1200 watt load running, your battery amp draw would be approximately 100 amps. A load of this size would drain your average car battery in 10-15 minutes and possibly ruin the battery. Inverter/chargers are available, but to charge your batteries you need to... » Read More No, the opposite. While being used the inverter draws power from the battery and inverts it to alternating current and amplifies it to 125 volts. To figure your battery amp draw simply divide the total wattage of the device being powered by 12 (your supply voltage) and you will get your amp draw at the battery. For example if you had a 1200 watt load running, your battery amp draw would be approximately 100 amps. A load of this size would drain your average car battery in 10-15 minutes and possibly ruin the battery. Inverter/chargers are available, but to charge your batteries you need to plug in the inverter/charger to utility power. « Show Less
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If you draw too much current, it will blow the fuse. Otherwise it should run indefinitely.
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This panel does not appear to have a charge controller built-in. If it is connected directly to the battery, it will deliver around 0.5A to the battery whenever the sun is out. This could shorten the service life of the battery. It may be better to add a charge controller, which will float the battery at a constant Voltage instead of charging it with a constant current. There is a possibility that the gate opener has some kind of built-in overcharge protection, in which case a controller would not be needed.
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I don't see anything in my owners manual about high or low voltage values for shutdown. I can tell you that mine runs just fine at 14.7 volts input from solar charge controller. I never let my batteries fall below 70% charge which is 12.38 volts so that is my low voltage. The manual says that shutdown occurs at 0% battery capacity which is 11.3 volts for my batteries. I would never let my batteries drop that low so I don't think it good to trust this inverter to protect your batteries.
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Need to have a smart charger to charge AGM battery. Charger will shut off when battery is charged. Need to charge or get battery maintainer so battery will last long time
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Mr. BuddyOlPal I did a little research on your question, first the term "dry cell" is a little misleading for this battery, it is actually a AGM design Battery, which means it is a glass mat and not a true "dry cell"...that term, belongs to batteries like AA AAA C D Batteries. According to the battery manufacturer... Any conventional battery charger or alternator up to 15.2 volts and 25 amps will be sufficient....However I would not use a charger that high for that type of battery, I would use a lower amperage, say something from 2 -6 amps would be better.....The smart charger does not supply that kind of current, it is only for a charged battery and to maintain it while it is not being used....I installed a AGM battery as a second battery in my 4 wheeler and this battery maintainer worked really well for that purpose, so if your battery is ok and charged, then it should work just fine...
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My system shut off after a couple months of being installed as well (240v). I removed canister and electrodes appeared to have a lot of buildup, so I made a little brass brush on a handle that I could get inside and clean the elements. after doing this several times and rinsing (water came out rust colour), I replaced and it is working fine. Will wait and see how long this one lasts. I clamped it and was only pulling about 2-3 amps initially, but after a couple days it is now up to 10-11 amps per leg.
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I just hooked a multimeter up to the lawn mower and was seeing anywhere from 8 amps with no load, up to 20 with a load. I'm going to put a 36v 10ah Lifep04 battery in place of the lead acid batteries. I needed to know the power consumption for a BMS/PCB. If anyone has exact specs on the motor, please let me know. Putting the lithium chemistry in the lawn mower should reduce its weight by 25LBS!
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I used this in my son's car but with 12 VDC circuits. I know you said you are going to use this for some auxillary circuits in your golf cart and although the cart is 36 VDC, the aux circuits will be 12 VDC, which means you will be tapping off one of the batteries or adding a dedicated Aux battery - correct? If so, no problem at all, just remember this unit is NOT water proof and you will just need to size the fuse to protect the load. I actually removed my unit after thinking about it further and installed the Blue Sea push button reset breakers. Built a small panel with the breakers and a few 12 VDC power supplies, along with some indicator lights and such. Blue sea makes a really neat prefab panel with the breakers and toggle switches - little pricey but everything is water proof (have to buy box or provide cut out separately). Hope this helps