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Old 05-03-2005, 10:30 AM
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Default RE: Triton,,, not getting full charge ??

If you watch the Triton during the charge cycle, you'll see in the first 5 min or so, it ramps the current up to the specified charge current (as long as the max voltage hasn't been reached yet). Then watch the voltage, it will increase until it hits the max voltage you specified, at which point the Triton starts ramping down the charge current (keeping the pack at the max voltage) until it completes the cycle and shuts down. If you hit the max voltage as it's ramping the current up initially, you'll never reach the max charge current, and it will start ramping the current back down.

As Matt said, at the field I usually take my pack off of the Triton once it ramps down to about 1/2 - 1/3 the charge current that was programmed, since the amount of charge I'll get after that point is pretty small compared to the time I'll have to wait for completion of the charge cycle.