In Reply to: Then you're not TRICKLE charging anything, are you? posted by Chris Garrett on December 4, 2015 at 14:56:11:
What was wrong in my statement "- there is absolutely no problem & nothing wrong with trickle charging a LiFePO4 battery - all LiFePO4 battery chargers are just trickle charging in their final stage of charging i.e they are behaving as a regulated voltage source except they are outputting 3.6V."OK, I thought you understood what my configuration was - I've stated it so often now: permanently connect a 3.3V regulated PS to a 3.3V LiFePO4 battery & use it to power the Regen USB hub chip & USB clock (both of which are 3.3V devices)
I used the term "trickle" charging to explain how the battery is maintained at a constant 3.3V.
I really don't understand your use of automatic & trickle - a PS cannot put any more current into a battery that is at the same voltage as the PS?
All the advice to Lance to use a battery charger to "trickle" charge the battery is WRONG as it will have a 3.65V regulated voltage output which will be detrimental to, if not kill the USB hub chip &/or USB clock.
Please don't advise him to do so - it will probably damage his Regen.
Edits: 12/04/15
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- RE: Then you're not TRICKLE charging anything, are you? - jkeny 15:10:15 12/04/15 (31)
- RE: Then you're not TRICKLE charging anything, are you? - chopper87@aol.com 19:38:53 12/04/15 (21)
- Your Nitecore D4 and even the D2 charge up LiFePO4 cells just fine. - Chris Garrett 08:36:05 12/05/15 (8)
- RE: Your Nitecore D4 and even the D2 charge up LiFePO4 cells just fine. - chopper87@aol.com 09:13:59 12/05/15 (1)
- RE: Your Nitecore D4 and even the D2 charge up LiFePO4 cells just fine. - jkeny 09:43:17 12/05/15 (0)
- RE: Your Nitecore D4 and even the D2 charge up LiFePO4 cells just fine. - jkeny 09:01:39 12/05/15 (5)
- RE: Your Nitecore D4 and even the D2 charge up LiFePO4 cells just fine. - chopper87@aol.com 10:21:54 12/05/15 (4)
- RE: Your Nitecore D4 and even the D2 charge up LiFePO4 cells just fine. - Bob_C 11:22:06 12/05/15 (0)
- RE: Your Nitecore D4 and even the D2 charge up LiFePO4 cells just fine. - jkeny 11:10:19 12/05/15 (2)
- RE: Your Nitecore D4 and even the D2 charge up LiFePO4 cells just fine. - chopper87@aol.com 13:12:45 12/05/15 (1)
- RE: Your Nitecore D4 and even the D2 charge up LiFePO4 cells just fine. - jkeny 03:34:31 12/06/15 (0)
- RE: Then you're not TRICKLE charging anything, are you? - jkeny 03:36:24 12/05/15 (11)
- Arguing about definitions - Tony Lauck 08:54:41 12/05/15 (10)
- You are right - Sordidman 11:06:11 12/06/15 (2)
- RE: You are right - jkeny 17:06:16 12/06/15 (1)
- RE: You are right - Sordidman 17:51:30 12/06/15 (0)
- RE: Arguing about definitions - jkeny 09:14:56 12/05/15 (6)
- RE: Arguing about definitions - Tony Lauck 10:08:04 12/05/15 (5)
- RE: Arguing about definitions - jkeny 11:19:09 12/05/15 (3)
- RE: Arguing about definitions - chopper87@aol.com 14:44:40 12/05/15 (2)
- RE: Arguing about definitions - jkeny 18:34:42 12/05/15 (1)
- RE: Arguing about definitions - Tony Lauck 19:00:09 12/05/15 (0)
- RE: Arguing about definitions - Bob_C 10:52:12 12/05/15 (0)
- RE: Then you're not TRICKLE charging anything, are you? - jkeny 18:25:15 12/04/15 (8)
- Here's an idea... - AbeCollins 18:38:59 12/04/15 (7)
- What The Hell IS Going On Here? - chopper87@aol.com 19:59:27 12/04/15 (0)
- RE: Here's an idea... - Bob_C 18:57:38 12/04/15 (5)
- No Bob... - Ivan303 19:16:27 12/04/15 (4)
- RE: No Bob... - Bob_C 19:20:36 12/04/15 (3)
- RE: No Bob... - AbeCollins 22:54:43 12/04/15 (2)
- RE: No Bob... - Bob_C 11:04:24 12/05/15 (1)
- RE: No Bob... - AbeCollins 14:05:30 12/05/15 (0)