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e*clipse · 08-09-2015, 02:06 PM

This is an excellent, pragmatic range for a charger - exactly what I want to do.

What drives the converter into DCM? Is it the voltage difference between the battery voltage and the peak rectified AC voltage?

What happens in the situation of DC input, with limited current (solar). Would it be possible to stay near the maximum power point of the solar panels? Maybe not a perfect mppt set-up, but close?

Also, to do the pulsed charging near the end of the charge cycle, what do these controllers do? The Infineon one I used had a "sleep" mode.

Thanks a bunch,

E*clipse

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e*clipse Permanent Apprentice Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: norcal oosae Posts: 523 Thanks: 351 Thanked 314 Times in 215 Posts	This is an excellent, pragmatic range for a charger - exactly what I want to do. What drives the converter into DCM? Is it the voltage difference between the battery voltage and the peak rectified AC voltage? What happens in the situation of DC input, with limited current (solar). Would it be possible to stay near the maximum power point of the solar panels? Maybe not a perfect mppt set-up, but close? Also, to do the pulsed charging near the end of the charge cycle, what do these controllers do? The Infineon one I used had a "sleep" mode. Thanks a bunch, E*clipse