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zl2tod
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A float voltag of less than 13.8V seems to boil off fewer batteries. I usually run about 13.5. If the charger bulk charges to 13.8 and then switches to a lower float voltage I wouldn't worry. Give it a bulk charge before use.

There's a chance that one or more of the blue resistors set the voltage, they are high precision. R7 and R10 appear to have been running a bit hot. It may be worth checking their values.

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zl2tod
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I'd guess they are 222Ξ© and 182Ξ© but I'm not entirely confident of that. If they are just ballast resistors for the LEDs you can ignore them,
unless the charger is using one or more of the LEDs as voltage references.


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I don't have a schematic, and I'm not good at analyzing circuits, but my hunch is that the two LED's are merely indicator lights (charging, and charged).

zl2tod
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Can you photograph the back of the board, and transcribe the part numbers on the transistors?

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SCR1 = TYN225

SCR1 = TYN225

Q1 = C9012 G 916

Q2 = 2N4401

Q3 = 2N4401

Q4 = C9012 G 916

VR1 = 93AFLL9 TL431C TI

The Green LED signifies "ON"

The red LED signifies "charged"

Circuit board is fed by a center tapped transformer. The center tap is also ground, which is connected to the green wire ground of the 120VAC wall plug.

R7 looks like it may have been running even hotter than R10.

Thank you for this!