Good video. Please, Can the source voltage to this module be a solar panel? Can one supply a voltage to this module by connecting a.solar panel directly to the input? Thank you
Hi Friend, I am trickle charging my car battery through Dewalt 20V using LM2596 and it's working really good and have been using it for about an year from now. Now my question is I want to protect my Dewalt Battery from going too low on Voltage and I tried using XH-M609 and LM2596 together but it didn't work. Now what do you suggest me to buy which might help. I appreciate any help please.
Any way to used this controller to control 48v battery banks, that after battery is fully charged the controller should send out a command to stop the generator and when the battery has discharge to a certain settings point it should switch off the generator for charging the battery?.......... I need a complete solution please.
I purchased on of these because the Relay is in fact connected to the Pos Battery. I can use this controller to Initiate a Load Dump on my Wind Gen simply by connecting a Relay between this units Positive to the Battery connector Neg. When this units see's the voltage reach my determined level, The unit relay opens releasing MY relay and providing a Battery path to the Dump Resistor. Dirt Cheap Load Dump Controller.
My mobility scooter has 4-12V-22 Ah AGM battery's. The manufacturer tells me I shouldn't leave the charger on for long period of as I may overcharge the battery's. I'd like to leave it plugged in for much longer, maybe several months at a time. Would this work with a 55-60V DC source?
Q: current range, can it handle up to ten amps? What are the volts limits, i.e. does it pass through up to 80 volts for battery packs and inverters? Many modern chargers have limiters. This is great, thanks for the FYI.
It doesn't limit the voltage. Whatever your charger puts out will be presented to the battery. Remember your discharged battery will have a high load which will draw max current from your charger, and then as the battery charges the current will be reduced and the voltage will rise. Once the battery is full, the relay opens and stops all charging.
I bought one of these and was hoping to use it to control how much charge i put into my Lithium 48V ebike batteries. However, even though it seems to correctly read the voltage of te attached 48V battery, I have not been able to set the start voltage or end voltage to anything higher than 14.4 V (ie a "12V battery). Is this the way it works or am I missing something? I thought it could deal with up to 60V
I would also like to know the answer to this ? My mobility scooter has 4-12V-22 Ah AGM battery's. The manufacturer tells me I shouldn't leave the charger on for long period of as I may overcharge the battery's. I'd like to leave it plugged in for much longer, maybe several months at a time.
@12voltvids can this module powered by a normal bench psu or switched mode wall brick (what you call in the video "charge source") if so should it be appropriately current limited (like around 1C) and also would a Schottky diode help, if so do i use one on each wire in opposite directions ? im a newbie wanting to charge some 12v lead acid batteries automatically after they are used by an inverter and mobile power jumper pack, i also see that there are several versions of this module XH-M601, XH-M602, XH-M603 and the XH-M604 ,do you have any plans to try these other ones out? Thanks for the videos i really like your format and it never feels like you assume what people know , i feel i learn loads and i enjoy you taking us along for the journey
Dazza Direct Yes it can be powered by anything that provides enough power to charge batteries. I am using a 650 MA 14.5 volt adapter that was used to charge an old battery belt. This way my bike battery will be on a trickle charger over the winter and the module will kick in when the battery gets to 11.5 and stop when it gets to 13.8. Works like a charm. As my bike has electronics (alarm system) that has a constant drain I figure it was kick in for a few minutes every few days over the winter to top up the battery and not risk over charging.
@12voltvids Thanks for quick reply, im trying to build an off grid setup to power a few led lights a couple of cameras and a 2k inverter(around 150AH draw). i have around 200AH @12v. The cameras and lights only use 30AH a day and the the inverter powers tools for a few minutes a few times per week. I'm currently using a mix of smart and dumb chargers between 1A and 8A when needed in no particular pattern or order. There is 240v supply and im trying to automate the process rather than the current manual process. Have you seen the XH-M602 www.icstation.com/m602-digital-control-charge-control-module-220v-protection-board-lithiumlead-acid-battery-p-11315.html i likes the look of it as its mains powered and some say its better as it can shut the charger off completely. There is very little on these modules which i think is a shame as they have so much potential Pb/Li-ion/LiPo/LiFePO 4 etc. What do you recon is the maximum current @12v you would feel comfortable pushing through your XH-M604 i know they say 10A on the relay but some say 3A some even only 1A. Some have talked about adding tin to the tracks to increase its current carrying capaibility. below i have linked on of the few reviews of the item that i thought actually adds to you already clear explanation, and a project charger he has built from scratch i aim to one day try something similar , its a 12v petrol(gas) alternator charger, thanks for you help , excellent clear videos and have a great day. His review ruclips.net/video/E_SQu8g4REU/видео.html. His D.I.Y battery Charger ruclips.net/video/yOCmuGeJyIc/видео.html
So i cant use a 24v charger on this while charging a 12v battery right? I tried it and the relay keeps clicking on and off but im not sure if its because of the charger i used
Hey I need to charge a lead acid battery with this exact charging unit. What power supply do I need to charge my battery from 11.8 to 14 volts? Can I use a Laptop charger with 15 volts and 4 amps?
15 will probably be ok, but the optimum charging voltage is 13.8 for a 12 volt battery, but 15 is most likely fine as the controller will stop charging once the voltage gets to the set point.
I have a problem. Im also using a power supply from laptop and it just blinks on and off doesn't charge. Tried 5 different chargers and buck converter to try and charge 24v batteries and still can't get it to chearge as soon as the relay kicks on chargers start flickering.
My thought is, if you install this on your solar inverter 120vac it could charge the battery at night and in clouds, keeping the inverter on 24/7. On Grid but fully automatic.
Sanketh Saha When it is on the charger is connected to the battery. When it is odd the relay if open and the battery is disconnected. The voltage monitor is on the battery side so as the voltage drops below low setting it turns relay on and charges again
Thanks for the great tutorial. Would I be correct that I could use this for my diy 18650 lit battery back connected to my bluetooth boom box. Use this very example for battery operated boom box? Thanks in advance.
I think for lithium this would be great. If you have 3 lithium cells in series then you set the start charge voltage to 9v (3 volts each cell) and the stop voltage at 12 volts (4 volts each cell), I think it would work great. You would want a balance board though to ensure you are not over charging or discharing a single cell in the series, otherwise they will get out of balance over time and will just die due to being over or underchanrged too much.
example . we setup star charge 10v discharge 12v. and if electric power down, we use battery till battery go 0 v. after electric power come back. does charge controller will charge the battery. because range that we set is star charge = 10v but current state of battery =0v
Well I do live in one of the most expensive places in north america. With the average lot prices well over a million these days anyone that owns property is technically a multi-millionaire.
A crappy design, it will not charge a low or dead battery, it will only maintain a battery if it drops. If you're battery goes below x, y, or z this piece won't even turn on. It's like having a battery charger that only charges good batteries.
I have connected it to 12v batteries that were down at 4 volts and it turned on just fine and brought the battery up. It is a charge maintainer to prevent overcharging.
@@12voltvids : I had batteries below that, I had to charge them up get it to turn on. Why I call it a bad design is it won't produce power unless it sees enough power at the battery. Aka, best suited for a battery tender. Among those "603", "604" etc boards any recommendations for one like this, yet will put out/produce/output 12.5v's like a power supply...yet has a ~cutoff just like this one to tell it to trip off if it sees a battery go over a certain voltage (13volts)? I'm looking basically for one as a power supply regulater to produce a consent 12.5volts yet to stop at say 13. I'm using one of those 110v to 12v ~80watt inverters that's popular with led strips users to power these.
In your case, a solar loading controller would make more sense. For this device, you should have a steady voltage, which isn't possible with a solar panel (depends on the sunlight).
Good video. Please, Can the source voltage to this module be a solar panel?
Can one supply a voltage to this module by connecting a.solar panel directly to the input?
Thank you
Hi Friend, I am trickle charging my car battery through Dewalt 20V using LM2596 and it's working really good and have been using it for about an year from now. Now my question is I want to protect my Dewalt Battery from going too low on Voltage and I tried using XH-M609 and LM2596 together but it didn't work. Now what do you suggest me to buy which might help. I appreciate any help please.
So i understand this would work with shore power or solar panel.....but how do you use this with a generator, to start and stop automatically?
Any way to used this controller to control 48v battery banks, that after battery is fully charged the controller should send out a command to stop the generator and when the battery has discharge to a certain settings point it should switch off the generator for charging the battery?.......... I need a complete solution please.
I purchased on of these because the Relay is in fact connected to the Pos Battery. I can use this controller to Initiate a Load Dump on my Wind Gen simply by connecting a Relay between this units Positive to the Battery connector Neg. When this units see's the voltage reach my determined level, The unit relay opens releasing MY relay and providing a Battery path to the Dump Resistor. Dirt Cheap Load Dump Controller.
My mobility scooter has 4-12V-22 Ah AGM battery's. The manufacturer tells me I shouldn't leave the charger on for long period of as I may overcharge the battery's. I'd like to leave it plugged in for much longer,
maybe several months at a time. Would this work with a 55-60V DC source?
Can I get this solution with dry contact signal output from both low battery voltage and battery fully charged..... Very urgent please.
Hi another great tutorial, thank you
If 80 percentage charge the battery and cut off power in this battery charger controller ? It is possible ??
Nice video thank you
My charger starts flickering as soon as the relay kick on. What am I doing wrong. Using a laptop power supply
Q: current range, can it handle up to ten amps? What are the volts limits, i.e. does it pass through up to 80 volts for battery packs and inverters? Many modern chargers have limiters. This is great, thanks for the FYI.
It doesn't limit the voltage. Whatever your charger puts out will be presented to the battery. Remember your discharged battery will have a high load which will draw max current from your charger, and then as the battery charges the current will be reduced and the voltage will rise. Once the battery is full, the relay opens and stops all charging.
I set the high to 14.4v and the low or cut-off 12v and timer at 2 hours ok then my screen goes UUUU WHAT do I do then?
I bought one of these and was hoping to use it to control how much charge i put into my Lithium 48V ebike batteries. However, even though it seems to correctly read the voltage of te attached 48V battery, I have not been able to set the start voltage or end voltage to anything higher than 14.4 V (ie a "12V battery). Is this the way it works or am I missing something? I thought it could deal with up to 60V
I would also like to know the answer to this ? My mobility scooter has 4-12V-22 Ah AGM battery's. The manufacturer tells me I shouldn't leave the charger on for long period of as I may overcharge the battery's. I'd like to leave it plugged in for much longer,
maybe several months at a time.
Can i change the relay to a higher amps so ot can handle a higher amps in the input so that i can lets say plug in a 300-600 watts solar panel
@12voltvids can this module powered by a normal bench psu or switched mode wall brick (what you call in the video "charge source") if so should it be appropriately current limited (like around 1C) and also would a Schottky diode help, if so do i use one on each wire in opposite directions ? im a newbie wanting to charge some 12v lead acid batteries automatically after they are used by an inverter and mobile power jumper pack, i also see that there are several versions of this module XH-M601, XH-M602, XH-M603 and the XH-M604 ,do you have any plans to try these other ones out? Thanks for the videos i really like your format and it never feels like you assume what people know , i feel i learn loads and i enjoy you taking us along for the journey
Dazza Direct
Yes it can be powered by anything that provides enough power to charge batteries. I am using a 650 MA 14.5 volt adapter that was used to charge an old battery belt. This way my bike battery will be on a trickle charger over the winter and the module will kick in when the battery gets to 11.5 and stop when it gets to 13.8. Works like a charm. As my bike has electronics (alarm system) that has a constant drain I figure it was kick in for a few minutes every few days over the winter to top up the battery and not risk over charging.
@12voltvids Thanks for quick reply, im trying to build an off grid setup to power a few led lights a couple of cameras and a 2k inverter(around 150AH draw). i have around 200AH @12v. The cameras and lights only use 30AH a day and the the inverter powers tools for a few minutes a few times per week. I'm currently using a mix of smart and dumb chargers between 1A and 8A when needed in no particular pattern or order. There is 240v supply and im trying to automate the process rather than the current manual process. Have you seen the XH-M602 www.icstation.com/m602-digital-control-charge-control-module-220v-protection-board-lithiumlead-acid-battery-p-11315.html i likes the look of it as its mains powered and some say its better as it can shut the charger off completely. There is very little on these modules which i think is a shame as they have so much potential Pb/Li-ion/LiPo/LiFePO 4 etc. What do you recon is the maximum current @12v you would feel comfortable pushing through your XH-M604 i know they say 10A on the relay but some say 3A some even only 1A. Some have talked about adding tin to the tracks to increase its current carrying capaibility. below i have linked on of the few reviews of the item that i thought actually adds to you already clear explanation, and a project charger he has built from scratch i aim to one day try something similar , its a 12v petrol(gas) alternator charger, thanks for you help , excellent clear videos and have a great day. His review ruclips.net/video/E_SQu8g4REU/видео.html. His D.I.Y battery Charger ruclips.net/video/yOCmuGeJyIc/видео.html
Can use a 20V charger to charge a 12V battery with it?
Great video as always
So i cant use a 24v charger on this while charging a 12v battery right? I tried it and the relay keeps clicking on and off but im not sure if its because of the charger i used
No, that's too much for the battery.
Loading it with such a high voltage will destroy it.
You have to use a charger between 12V and 14V.
What kind of charger did you use here? :)
What is the advantage when compared to a mppt solar charger?
Hi, can i use this us a MINI UPS with 4 3.7V batterys? What else would i need? Nice video ...thanks in advance
the amperage of income must be more than 1A, to be able to charge the battery?
Hey I need to charge a lead acid battery with this exact charging unit. What power supply do I need to charge my battery from 11.8 to 14 volts?
Can I use a Laptop charger with 15 volts and 4 amps?
15 will probably be ok, but the optimum charging voltage is 13.8 for a 12 volt battery, but 15 is most likely fine as the controller will stop charging once the voltage gets to the set point.
@@12voltvids thank you for your quick reply 👍🏽
I have a problem. Im also using a power supply from laptop and it just blinks on and off doesn't charge. Tried 5 different chargers and buck converter to try and charge 24v batteries and still can't get it to chearge as soon as the relay kicks on chargers start flickering.
So if you disconnect the whole thing will I have a memory of your setting before or do you have to go over it again and set it up every time
no
But what's your dc source? Another battery? And how do you charge that one?
A transformer and bridge rectifier, or DC power supply.
could i charge an 18 volt lithium drill with this
good day sir..thank you for sharing that info..I got ordered now in my local store..my plan is to put it(charger module) in wind turbine.
Does it have anti back flow built in
My thought is, if you install this on your solar inverter 120vac it could charge the battery at night and in clouds, keeping the inverter on 24/7. On Grid but fully automatic.
does it prevents reverse current from the battery to the source?
Sanketh Saha
When it is on the charger is connected to the battery. When it is odd the relay if open and the battery is disconnected. The voltage monitor is on the battery side so as the voltage drops below low setting it turns relay on and charges again
Thanks for the great tutorial. Would I be correct that I could use this for my diy 18650 lit battery back connected to my bluetooth boom box. Use this very example for battery operated boom box? Thanks in advance.
This controller is more for lead acid type batteries for maintaining charge.
I think for lithium this would be great. If you have 3 lithium cells in series then you set the start charge voltage to 9v (3 volts each cell) and the stop voltage at 12 volts (4 volts each cell), I think it would work great. You would want a balance board though to ensure you are not over charging or discharing a single cell in the series, otherwise they will get out of balance over time and will just die due to being over or underchanrged too much.
Can I use this to charge extra AGM 100 ah battery in my van as a DC to DC charger from the main battery
You might have to connect a boost converter to step up the voltage.
Tried that doesn't work.
example . we setup star charge 10v discharge 12v.
and if electric power down, we use battery till battery go 0 v. after electric power come back. does charge controller will charge the battery. because range that we set is star charge = 10v
but current state of battery =0v
If you run your battery down to 0v chances are it won't charge anyway. You shouldn't take it down below about 9 volts.
But it doesn't top it off until amps die down. It only gets voltage up but turns off too early for full charge. .
You're right! It is shown in the video. Every time the charger is cut of, the battery voltage drops to 12,6V, while the charger is set to 14.3V
This module operate on 12 volt dc
How can we use this circuit on solar power.. plz send any video link..
Why not use a simple BMS board? No clunky relay
I didn't design it, I am just showing what is available.
good video
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What is input voltage,,,,?
Can you wire these in series for a 120v battery pack? Thank you for your videos !
Thanks for your sharing. Dear Dave~~~~ ^0^
i like the unit with out buttons /pots instead
WILL THIS WORK WITH A SOLAR PANEL???
Yes
I have a Harley Sportster and have it on permanent charge as the alarm system quickly drains the battery!
How to control charging and discharging between 20% - 80%
Harley Huh, I knew you were RICH,Good device,Steve.
What just because I have a Harley?
Just kidding, Boys with toys !
Well I do live in one of the most expensive places in north america.
With the average lot prices well over a million these days anyone that owns property is technically a multi-millionaire.
Nice job 😂😂
HOW TO CONTROL BATTERY CHARGER SO THAT THEY NOT OVERCHARGING 80% AND NOT OVERDISCHARGE 20%
Sir. This is connect in wind turbine dc power
It will work in that too.
Try 18650 battery
Not clear
A crappy design, it will not charge a low or dead battery, it will only maintain a battery if it drops. If you're battery goes below x, y, or z this piece won't even turn on. It's like having a battery charger that only charges good batteries.
I have connected it to 12v batteries that were down at 4 volts and it turned on just fine and brought the battery up. It is a charge maintainer to prevent overcharging.
@@12voltvids : I had batteries below that, I had to charge them up get it to turn on. Why I call it a bad design is it won't produce power unless it sees enough power at the battery. Aka, best suited for a battery tender.
Among those "603", "604" etc boards any recommendations for one like this, yet will put out/produce/output 12.5v's like a power supply...yet has a ~cutoff just like this one to tell it to trip off if it sees a battery go over a certain voltage (13volts)?
I'm looking basically for one as a power supply regulater to produce a consent 12.5volts yet to stop at say 13. I'm using one of those 110v to 12v ~80watt inverters that's popular with led strips users to power these.
I ordered one coz there deadly!.!.
Can put solar panel to the Input module?
In your case, a solar loading controller would make more sense.
For this device, you should have a steady voltage, which isn't possible with a solar panel (depends on the sunlight).