6v battery lifespan?
What is the average lifespan of 6v batteries? What would shorten the typical lifespan? Is there a big difference in longevity between the different types of 6v batteries? Thanks
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Groover wrote:
One thing I had noticed in my coach was that every time I plugged in or started the gen-set it would charge at 100 amps for a while. At first I assumed that the batteries were low and that the charge was really needed.
There are a few different types of charger/converters
Some like the Parallex 7300 are single stage, they always put out the same voltage, generally 13.6 if they have decent regulaton (The older Magnetek 6300 was single stage, but not well regulated so it boils batteries, also designed for 110, not 120 volts ac in).
Some, Again I will pick on Parallex, this time the 7300T (not additional T on part number) use a timer and work exactly as you describe.
Some (Xantrex Prosine, PDI 9200 (or any wizard model) Iota with IQ=4 to name a few, there are many) measure voltage and/or current and figure out which type of charge is needed.
On chassis batteries.. They can take a much faster charge due to the larger area of the thinner plates, They also discharge faster (Why they are Starting batteries) so they often take one HECK of an initial charge,,, for just a few minutes, after starting.
