Recharge rate
We will be boon docking at the same location for several days and I am concerned about maintaining battery.power. We have two group 27 batteries, a 4 KVA on board generator and a 40 amp 3 stage conve...
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Hi,
Charge acceptance rate at 85% state of charge is 12.5 amps per 100 amp-hours of storage for flooded batteries. The closer the bank gets to 100% the more the charging rate drops.
Attempting to charge faster by increasing voltage simply causes the cells to gas. You do want some bubbles--but one per second is what to aim at.
Solar is definitely a boondocker's friend.
Charge acceptance rate at 85% state of charge is 12.5 amps per 100 amp-hours of storage for flooded batteries. The closer the bank gets to 100% the more the charging rate drops.
Attempting to charge faster by increasing voltage simply causes the cells to gas. You do want some bubbles--but one per second is what to aim at.
Solar is definitely a boondocker's friend.
