Altime Power Systems Pvt. Ltd is one of the premier AC/DC Battery Chargers manufacturers, exporters and suppliers. ALTIME offers a complete line of battery chargers and battery monitoring accessories for Lithium, Lead Acid, Flooded, AGM, SLA, VRLA, Cyclone and Odyssey batteries as well as custom solutions. We offer a cost effective and reliable solution for applications ranging from personal craft to heavy industry. Our chargers are used for charging a battery set and supplying DC load by transforming alternating current into direct current from the power supply. Our battery chargers have been proven appropriate for all kinds and capacities of batteries. We offer these batteries chargers with features like wide input voltage tolerance and protection for short circuit and overloading. All our battery chargers are available at industry leading prices.

ALTIME’s core strength is our turn key custom and modified standard product development. ALTIME’s strong R&D department coupled with our ISO certified modern facility provides our customers with an unparalleled capability to transform their specifications into production in less than ninety days.

ALTIME offers 110VAC, 220VAC and universal input battery chargers with .99 power factor. Our product line includes single, dual and triple isolated bank configurations which are compatible with Lead based, Flooded, AGM, SLA and Optima batteries. Trickle charging, or float charging, means charging a battery at a similar rate as its self-discharging rate, thus maintaining a full capacity battery. Most rechargeable batteries, particularly nickel-cadmium batteries or nickel metal hydride batteries, have a moderate rate of self-discharge, meaning they gradually lose their charge even if they are not used in a device. Care must be taken, however, that if a battery regulator is not employed, the charge rate is not greater than the level of self-discharge, or overcharging and possible damage or leakage may occur.

Float charger

A float charger differs from a trickle charger in having circuitry to prevent overcharging. It senses when the battery voltage is at the appropriate float level and temporarily ceases charging; it maintains the charge current at zero or a very minimal level until it senses that the battery output voltage has fallen, and then resumes charging. It is important to note that the appropriate float voltage varies significantly with the construction of the battery and the ambient temperature. With the appropriate voltage for the battery type and with proper temperature compensation, a float charger may be kept connected indefinitely without damaging the battery. With a 6-cell (nominal 12V) lead-acid battery the correct float voltage drops by about 0.15 V for a 5°C rise in ambient temperature. Not compensating for this will shorten battery life either by over- or under-charging.

Trickle charger

A trickle charger, on the other hand, will charge no matter whether the battery is fully charged or not, so it needs to be connected and disconnected periodically. Trickle chargers will work to keep the battery charged, if used once a month or so for a day or two, but the float chargers can be left connected indefinitely without potential harm to the battery.