Car battery charging current.
On 02/05/2020 17:31, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) formulated on Saturday :
So you are guessing it charges a low battery at 140 amps? ;-)
No, there would need to be a rather large difference in voltage between
the alternator and battery, to achieve that and as the battery attains a
charge, its voltage rises quite rapidly.
The alternator will deliver whatever voltage it meeds to but of course
there would not need to be a particularly large voltage to charge a
battery that is capable of delivering over 700 A to starter motors
without crapping out
I would suggest nearer an initial 20amps, which would rapidly fall to
maybe 3 to 6 amps. A flat to full charge time when being driven, can
require 6 to 10 hours of being driven. Which is why it is always best to
put such a battery on a mains charger for 24 hours, if at all possible.
Total crap. There is no pint in having a 150A capable alternator to do THAT
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