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Car Battery Charger Ammeter Issue: IRF1404 L MOSFETs & Missing Rectifier in Circuit Design

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  • #1 11787667
    funky2x
    Level 11  
    I bought a charger to charge car battery, has Ammeter in front.
    When turned on for hours the Ammeter doesn't move to show how much current flows to the battery and when opened to look if anything wrong I found weird design.
    They attach one wire directly from the transformer to the positive terminal (battery) and the negative attached to circuit has 3 mosfet IRF1404 L and no rectifier in the circuit.
    Any ever seen such design?
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  • #2 11787835
    artcreator
    Level 13  
    Try to search "synchronous rectifier MOSFET" and "Patent US5303138 - Low loss synchronous rectifier for application to clamped-mode power converters" :D
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