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<blockquote data-quote="peterg" data-source="post: 8779" data-attributes="member: 446"><p>Howdy Dave,</p><p> </p><p>That is quite impressive, but if I may be so cheeky to observe, a 4ah battery is woefully undersized in this application and your regulator is working its behind off to balance the load with so little buffer in the system. If that battery is anything other than a traditional lead acid, you run the risk of overheating it as gel's and agm's do not dissipate heat as effectively. </p><p> </p><p>Your battery is the capacitor in your charging system. The smaller it is relative to output of the charging device against a higher variation in load - as would be achieved by going from everything off to not one but two lights and heated grips - the more your regulator will duty cycle in a typical operating cycle. </p><p> </p><p>Admittedly, sophisticated electronics have alleviated the need to have 28 ah batteries coupled to generators struggling to make 60 watts like Indians favored but they also assume some reserve in the system and thus size their cooling capacity thusly based on the expected duty cycle parameters. </p><p> </p><p>The popular PODtronics over here has only as four shallow alloy fins about 2 inches long an 1/16 high...metric translation for Brussel-lians not available at the moment. A good rule of thumb for a happy system is to have a battery ah rate that at a minimum exceeds your charging device output if you've got some heavy users like starters and anything that's basically almost a short like heated grips.</p><p> </p><p>And <strong>BigEd</strong>, for those of us of low self esteem, desperate to tow both sides of the line in any conversation, I've solved that by having a shiny one to gander at without guilt...and then a dusty oil stained wretch painted with 5 rattle cans of Krylon to ride.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="peterg, post: 8779, member: 446"] Howdy Dave, That is quite impressive, but if I may be so cheeky to observe, a 4ah battery is woefully undersized in this application and your regulator is working its behind off to balance the load with so little buffer in the system. If that battery is anything other than a traditional lead acid, you run the risk of overheating it as gel's and agm's do not dissipate heat as effectively. Your battery is the capacitor in your charging system. The smaller it is relative to output of the charging device against a higher variation in load - as would be achieved by going from everything off to not one but two lights and heated grips - the more your regulator will duty cycle in a typical operating cycle. Admittedly, sophisticated electronics have alleviated the need to have 28 ah batteries coupled to generators struggling to make 60 watts like Indians favored but they also assume some reserve in the system and thus size their cooling capacity thusly based on the expected duty cycle parameters. The popular PODtronics over here has only as four shallow alloy fins about 2 inches long an 1/16 high...metric translation for Brussel-lians not available at the moment. A good rule of thumb for a happy system is to have a battery ah rate that at a minimum exceeds your charging device output if you've got some heavy users like starters and anything that's basically almost a short like heated grips. And [B]BigEd[/B], for those of us of low self esteem, desperate to tow both sides of the line in any conversation, I've solved that by having a shiny one to gander at without guilt...and then a dusty oil stained wretch painted with 5 rattle cans of Krylon to ride. [/QUOTE]
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