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24V Lead Acid Battery Charger Circuit

This document describes a 24V lead acid battery charger circuit designed to charge two 12V lead acid batteries connected in series. The circuit uses an LM317 voltage regulator to provide a constant current of 700mA. A step-down transformer, rectifier diode, and filter capacitor condition the mains power supply. An output diode prevents reverse current flow from the batteries when the charger is off or no mains power. Notes provide assembly and setup instructions, component details, and specifications for the batteries it can charge.

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24V Lead Acid Battery Charger Circuit

This document describes a 24V lead acid battery charger circuit designed to charge two 12V lead acid batteries connected in series. The circuit uses an LM317 voltage regulator to provide a constant current of 700mA. A step-down transformer, rectifier diode, and filter capacitor condition the mains power supply. An output diode prevents reverse current flow from the batteries when the charger is off or no mains power. Notes provide assembly and setup instructions, component details, and specifications for the batteries it can charge.

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24V lead acid battery charger

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jacky March 12, 2010 141 Comments

Description.
This lead acid battery charger circuit is designed in response to a request from
Mr.Devdas .C. His requirement was a circuit to charge two 12V/7AH lead acid
batteries in series.Anyway he did not mentioned the no of cells per each 12V
battery. The no of cells/battery is also an important parameter and here I designed
the circuit assuming each 12V battery containing 6 cells. When two batteries are
connected in series, the voltage will add up and the current capacity remains same.
So two 12V/7AH batteries connected in series can be considered as a 24V/7AH
battery.

The circuit given here is a current limited lead acid battery charger built around the
famous variable voltage regulator IC LM 317. The charging current depends on the
value of resistor R2 and here it is set to be 700mA. Resistor R3 and POT R4
determines the charging voltage. Transformer T1 steps down the mains voltage and
bridge D1 does the job of rectification. C1 is the filter capacitor. Diode D1 prevents
the reverse flow of current from the battery when charger is switched OFF or when
mains power is not available.

Circuit diagram.
Notes.

 Assemble the circuit on a good quality PCB.


 T1 can be a 230V primary, 35V/3A secondary step down transformer.
 If 3A Bridge is not available, make one using four 1N5003 diodes.
 LM317 must be fitted with a heat sink.
 R2 = 0.85 ohm is not a standard value. You can obtain it by combining a 6.2 ohm
and 1 ohm resistors in parallel.
 F1 can be a 2A fuse.
 To setup the charging voltage, power ON the charger and hook up a voltmeter
across the output terminals and adjust R4 to make the voltmeter read 28V. Now the
charger is ready and you can connect the batteries.
 This charger is specifically designed for two 12V/7AH/6 cell lead acid batteries in
series OR a 24V/7AH/12 cell lead acid battery.

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