NOMAD E2 Battery Charging Guide
Recommended Charging Settings for three stage charging
Stage 1. Bulk. Check the maximum current rate for your size E2 battery, this is listed on that models specification sheet, do not exceed that rate.
Stage 2. Absorption The recommended voltage for absorption is between 2.4V – 2.44V per cell (14.4 – 14.6V for a 12V battery), 14.6V is Recommended. Never ever exceed 2.45V per cell (14.70v for a 12v battery).
Stage 3. Float. Float voltage should be between 13.5V and 13.7V. 13.6V Recommended.
On Battery Chargers and Solar Chargers, choose the battery type selection that best matches these settings.
SETTINGS FOR SPECIFIC CHARGERS
CARSPA 12/24V 20/40/60/80A MPPT Solar Charge Controller
Absorb Voltage. 14.6V for 12V System. 29.2V for 24V System.
MUSTPOWER PC1600 MPPT Solar Charge Controller Series
(20A, 30A, 40A , 45A, 60A)
PC1600 uses different terminalogy in the menu and manual. Use the following x2 and x4 for 24v and 48v systems.
Menu (what it means in other literature) recommended setting
Setting 4, Absorb Voltage, 13.5V for 12V System
Setting 5, Refloat Voltage, (Float Voltage), 13.7V for 12V System
Setting 6, Float Voltage. (Absorb Voltage), 14.6V for 12V System
Setting 7, Max Charging Current. This is listed on your size battery’s specification sheet (or as high as you can set it up to that figure)
Absorb Current. Set this to the lower of the: max charge current of your battery and the maximum charge rate of the controller
NOTE: If you have batteries in parallel then multiply the current values by the number of batteries you have in parallel, as they are sharing the charging current
MUSTPOWER PV18 Solar Inverter Series
The default AGM setting on these inverters is too low. Change battery type to user defined and adjust voltages to this
24v batteries set absorption stage voltage to 29.2V
48v batteries set absorption stage voltage to 58.4V
On PV18 HM series Inverters this is settings 45 and 46
3kva [46] 29.2V
5kva [46] 58.4V
Float is ok as the default
3kva [45] 27.4V
5kva [45] 54.8V
On PV18 VHM series Inverters this is settings 14, 17 and 18
Change battery type in setting [14] to User Defined USE
3kw [17] 29.2V
5kw [17] 58.4V
3kw [18] 27.4V
5kw [18] 54.8V
MUSTPOWER Inverter Chargers
Choose setting ‘AGM 2’
Other Chargers
In general choose the setting that says AGM, Sealed, Lead Acid in that order of preference.
State of Charge vs. Battery Voltage for Sealed Lead Acid Batteries
(not disturbed by charging or discharging effects and with surface charge removed)
Approximate state-of-charge100%
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Open Circuit Voltage12.9V
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