Smartbank - Split Charging System
Merlin's military SmartBank is an advanced stand-alone split charging device allowing two battery banks on a military vehicle to be charged from a single or multiple charge sources.
The product is bi-directional so will allow charge to both battery sets irrespective of whether the charge source is connected to the engine or the mission batteries.
Automatic charge management of two battery banks from single or multiple charging sources
Parallel feature allows all batteries to be manually connected together in an emergency
Configurable to manually adjust silent watch run times.
Designed to military specifications for defence applications
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During discharge, Smartbank disconnects the two sets of batteries from each other preventing mission loads from drawing too much power from the engine batteries - protecting vehicle starting capability. The level at which it separates the banks is configurable to use as little or as much capacity as desired from the engine batteries to supplement the mission bank. This feature can allow silent watch run times to be increased on vehicles where space and weight considerations dictate that smaller battery capacities than desired can be installed.
In an emergency a dash mounted switch connected to SmartBank can be used to parallel both banks of batteries together (for example for engine starting).