• Battery Charging The battery charging involves: A battery

charger Charge equalization Battery chargers Charging a

modern vehicle battery is not a simple matter of providing a
constant voltage or current through the battery, but requires
very careful control of current and voltage.

• The best approach for the designer is to buy commercial

charging equipment from the battery manufacturer or
another reputed battery charger manufacturer.

• When the vehicle is to be charged in different places where

correct charging equipment is not available, the option of a
modern light onboard charger should be considered.
• Except in the case of photoelectric panels, the energy for recharging a
battery will nearly always come from an alternating current (AC) source such
as the mains.
• This will need to be rectified to direct current (DC) for charging the battery.
The rectified DC must have very little ripple, it must be very well ‘smoothed’.
• This is because at the times when the variation of the DC voltage goes
below the battery voltage, no charging will take place, and at the ‘high point’
of the ripple it is possible that the voltage could be high enough to damage
the battery.
• The higher the DC current, the harder it is for rectifiers to produce a smooth
DC output, which means that the rectifying and smoothing circuits of battery
chargers are often quite expensive, especially for high current chargers.
• Charging a battery correctly and protecting it against
overcharging or undercharging can make a considerable
difference in a battery’s service life.
• Using the most efficient charging methods makes it possible
to achieve a long battery service life with short charging
times.

• Micromax Technology provides battery chargers that provide

the necessary charge and monitoring for your battery so that
maximum battery life is achieved.