Advice on deep cycle setup?
Hello, I have a Safari van that I've converted into a camper. I replaced the starting battery with a Duracell Ultra Dual Purpose (Starting/Cycling) Battery that cost $105 (got it at batteries ...
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Acid eats things for a living -- like Pb, lead for example. Recharging eats lead via shedding, ablation.
Choice: Would you choose a thinner of thicker component to be exposed to the above? The Lifeline, does not offer super high cranking power for a reason. The paste used on the grids is thicker, denser, with less active area microscopic wise.
I have a question for the folks more familiar with solar charge controllers than I am...
Is there a controller that can manage a battery to stay at 14.4 volts until current diminishes to 1/2% of total ampere hours?
If no, a controller does not exist to do that --
Putting the controller on line with a 100 amp hour 20/hr rate, using the controller to recharge a 100 amp hour battery
How much additional time exposed to the sun (charging) would it take for such a system to arrive at 1/2% of amp hours charge rate?
Pencil it out. Time needed to charge from 90% to 100.0% battery fill? Let's say the new solar system can provide twenty amperes maximum charge potential.
How many hours. We have to specify worst case -- winter solstice. Overcast days due to storms.
The battery is mean it does not excuse or tolerate ill maintenance "My dog ate my homework".
My rationale for that CS144 alternator is to buy time. Starting the day with the highest percentage of actual battery fill. Then giving the solar voltaics the maximum amount of time to fill the battery to 100.00%
Five thousand amps of charge potential is meaningless unless enough time is given for the battery to charge from 90% to 100.0%
The Lifeline recharges faster than any other AGM battery. Please refer to Concorde's specification data sheet for clarification.
The Lifeline tolerates "conditioning charge" better than any other car jar AGM battery. "conditioning charging" causes plate material to shed. If not done to an abused battery the battery will degenerate to being useless. Now, would you rather condition a battery with .060" plates or .105" plates?
Concorde offers an online manual for total battery maintenance, complete with graphs, charts and step-by-step maintenance.
The strictest battery buying specification in the world is VALUE. Is the Lifeline worth the extra cost?
I'm about as Cheap of Skate as the moniker implies: I own Lifelines for a good reason. The lowest cost per kWh transaction totals. There can be only one winner.
Choice: Would you choose a thinner of thicker component to be exposed to the above? The Lifeline, does not offer super high cranking power for a reason. The paste used on the grids is thicker, denser, with less active area microscopic wise.
I have a question for the folks more familiar with solar charge controllers than I am...
Is there a controller that can manage a battery to stay at 14.4 volts until current diminishes to 1/2% of total ampere hours?
If no, a controller does not exist to do that --
Putting the controller on line with a 100 amp hour 20/hr rate, using the controller to recharge a 100 amp hour battery
How much additional time exposed to the sun (charging) would it take for such a system to arrive at 1/2% of amp hours charge rate?
Pencil it out. Time needed to charge from 90% to 100.0% battery fill? Let's say the new solar system can provide twenty amperes maximum charge potential.
How many hours. We have to specify worst case -- winter solstice. Overcast days due to storms.
The battery is mean it does not excuse or tolerate ill maintenance "My dog ate my homework".
My rationale for that CS144 alternator is to buy time. Starting the day with the highest percentage of actual battery fill. Then giving the solar voltaics the maximum amount of time to fill the battery to 100.00%
Five thousand amps of charge potential is meaningless unless enough time is given for the battery to charge from 90% to 100.0%
The Lifeline recharges faster than any other AGM battery. Please refer to Concorde's specification data sheet for clarification.
The Lifeline tolerates "conditioning charge" better than any other car jar AGM battery. "conditioning charging" causes plate material to shed. If not done to an abused battery the battery will degenerate to being useless. Now, would you rather condition a battery with .060" plates or .105" plates?
Concorde offers an online manual for total battery maintenance, complete with graphs, charts and step-by-step maintenance.
The strictest battery buying specification in the world is VALUE. Is the Lifeline worth the extra cost?
I'm about as Cheap of Skate as the moniker implies: I own Lifelines for a good reason. The lowest cost per kWh transaction totals. There can be only one winner.
