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Re: 744 battery switchover test

Subject: Re: 744 battery switchover test
From: "werainey" werainey
Date: Fri Oct 24, 2008 5:08 pm ((PDT))
> >  Dan Dugan wrote:
> This was with a lead-acid battery. SD says lead-acid batteries bounce  
> back when the load is shed, and that causes the problem. I've  
> suggested adding hysteresis to the decision circuit.
> 
Happens with other field instruments on SLAs. If the on and off threshold 
voltages are in 
recorder  firmware that would seem the simple solution and not generate any 
additional 
drain or require a hardware fix on the battery side.
 Bill R.




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