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Lead Acid Battery Charger

This document provides details on designing a lead acid battery charger circuit. It includes a parts list, circuit diagram, PCB layout, and explanation of how the circuit works. The circuit uses an LM350 integrated circuit as a precision voltage source to constantly charge a lead acid battery between 13.5-14.5 volts while accounting for temperature changes through a transistor sensor and negative temperature coefficient. It is not recommended for use with gel-type batteries due to high current draw.

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Lead Acid Battery Charger

This document provides details on designing a lead acid battery charger circuit. It includes a parts list, circuit diagram, PCB layout, and explanation of how the circuit works. The circuit uses an LM350 integrated circuit as a precision voltage source to constantly charge a lead acid battery between 13.5-14.5 volts while accounting for temperature changes through a transistor sensor and negative temperature coefficient. It is not recommended for use with gel-type batteries due to high current draw.

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..:: LEAD ACID BATTERY CHARGER ::..

Author : IZHAR FAREED

[email protected] / [email protected]

..:: LEAD ACID BATTERY CHARGER ::..


Author : IZHAR FAREED

..:: CIRCUIT DIAGRAM ::..

..:: PARTS LAYOUT ::..

Parts List: R1 = 120 Ohm C1 = R2 = 82 Ohm C2 = R3 = 10K D1 = R4 = 33K D2 = R5 = 22K P1 = 2K2

100uF/63V 10uF/63V 1N5401/NTE5801 LED (Red, 5mm)

Q1 = NTE374/BD140 Q2 = NTE123AP/BC547 U1 = LM350 (On large coolrib!)

..:: PCB LAYOUT ::..

Except for use as a normal Battery Charger, this circuit is perfect to 'constant-charge' a 12-Volt Lead-Acid Battery, like the one in your flight box, and keep it in optimum charged condition. This circuit is not recommended for GEL-TYPE batteries since it draws to much current. The above circuit is a precision voltage source, and contains a temperature sensor with a negative temperature coficient. Meaning, whenever the surrounding or battery temperature increases the voltage will automatically decrease. Temperature coficient for this circuit is -8mV per Celcius. A normal transistor (Q1) is used as a temperature sensor. This Battery Charger is centered around the LM350 integrated, 3-amp, adjustable stabilizer IC. Output voltage can be adjusted with P1 between 13.5 and 14.5 volt. T2 was added to prevent battery discharge via R1 if no power present. P1 can adjust the output voltage between 13.5 and 14.5 volts. R4's value can be adjusted to accommodate a bit larger or smaller window. D1 is a large power-diode, 100V PRV @ 3 amp. Bigger is best but I don't recommend going smaller.The LM350's 'adjust' pin will try to keep the voltage drop between its pin and the output pin at a constant value of 1.25V. So there is a constant current flow through R1. Q1 act here as a temperature sensor with the help of components P1/R3/R4 who more or less control the base of Q1. Since the emitter/base connection of Q1, just like any other semiconductor, contains a temperature coficient of -2mV/C, the output voltage will also show a negative temperature coficient. That one is only a factor of 4 larger, because of the variation of the emitter/basis of Q1 multiplied by the division factor of P1/R3/R4. Which results in approximately -8mV/C. To prevent that sensor Q1 is warmed up by its own current draw, I recommend adding a cooling rib of sorts.(If you wish to compensate for the battery-temperature itself, then Q1 should be mounted as close on the battery as possible) The red led (D2) indicates the presence of input power. Depending on what type of transistor you use for Q1, the pads on the circuit board may not fit exactly (in case of the BD140).

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