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24V Battery Charger Schematic - Instructables

The document describes a 24V battery charger circuit. It has three stages: a power source using a 240/24V transformer, a current limiting stage using a transistor and resistor, and a float charge stage using a zener diode. It explains the components and purpose of each stage.

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24V Battery Charger Schematic - Instructables

The document describes a 24V battery charger circuit. It has three stages: a power source using a 240/24V transformer, a current limiting stage using a transistor and resistor, and a float charge stage using a zener diode. It explains the components and purpose of each stage.

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The battery charger is originally designed by me to meet the need of some who want a 24V
battery charger.
The charger is in three stages; the power source, current limiting and float charge stage.

In this design, 240/24Vac(rms) transformer was used. After rectification and filtration i got about
30Vdc.Therefore the transformer and diode rating should be well chosen to meet your demand

At the current limiting stage , transistor U1,Q1 and resistor R1 plays the vital roll in the current
limiting; When U1 switches on it short circuits the gate voltage of Q1 thereby restricting current
flow through the battery under charge. U1 will only switch when Voltage across it's base-emitter
Vbe is up to 0.7V. the voltage drop across R1 determine this,if the voltage drop across R1 is up to
0.7V then U1 switches on then, I(current thru batt)=0.7/R1(sense resistor). Ohms Law.

The float charge stage come to play when the Battery Voltage builts up to 28Vdc. In this design
once the voltage gets to 28Vdc, it is considerably large enough to make the zener diode reach it
breakdown voltage. And once this is done U2 switches on and consequently short circuit gate
voltage of Q1. The charger is now said to float charge.

The LED comes on when the battery is full.

Note: In most cases D6 is chosen to be 10v but, 6v can be chosen for logic MOSFETs. And this
current limiting circuit only allow N-channel MOSFETs

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