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Review on Victron Energy Orion 24 10 Converter by Dante Obong

Revainrating 3 out of 5

A little disappointing.

So far it seems acceptable. Maybe I expected more but it seems ok. It is advertised with the ability to charge batteries, which is what I will be using it for. It charges a 24V battery from a 12V power supply on the truck. I tried driving the output through a 25 ohm resistor with a lab power supply set to 13.6V. After turning the voltage regulator all the way up, I got an output voltage of 27.1V. That's disappointing - the output current is just over 1 amp. This thing is rated for 10 amps at 30V. So only 1 amp at 27.1v is disappointing. In addition, the output voltage varies with the input voltage. So not everything was so stable. If you need accurate battery charge or adjustable wattage, this isn't the device for you. It's just not very good. Update: I just installed it to charge a 24v RV battery. With an input voltage of 14.5 V, it delivers about 8.4 A with an output voltage of 26.3 V. With an input voltage of 12.1 V, the output current drops to about 5 A. This is the case with the output potentiometer fully reversed. I haven't had a chance to see it in action for too long, but it looks like it should slowly charge the batteries while I tow the camper.

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