advisability to turn off battery periodically
Had a cell die, and then the WFCO burned it to a crisp. Had to replace battery and the acid-laden case. It seems there is little advantage (?) in keeping the battery charging ALL the time when con...
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Full time but not stationary. To remind me to charge it I'll set up a task on my Outlook calendar. I think I will measure the batty voltage every day, and use that data to determine how often I should turn it "on" to charge. Of course, if in transit the battery will need to be on, which will be self-explanatory once I unplug and the jack won't go up!
According to BatteryUniversity, battery voltage fully charged is 12.9 (which it was yesterday) and should not be allowed to drop below 12.3, as below that the battery will sulfate. If this time to drop to 12.3 is longer than a month, I will charge once a month.
It seems a plus of all this, is that if the battery gets a little bit discharged, and I charge it, the WFCO will likely go into bulk mode, and 14.4v is supposedly high enough to address sulfation, i.e., a little bit of time being charged at 14.4 is better for the battery than getting 13.6 all the time. Maybe. I think that at one time I had a real "smart" multi-stage converter that would hit the battery with 14.4 every so often simply for that purpose.
According to BatteryUniversity, battery voltage fully charged is 12.9 (which it was yesterday) and should not be allowed to drop below 12.3, as below that the battery will sulfate. If this time to drop to 12.3 is longer than a month, I will charge once a month.
It seems a plus of all this, is that if the battery gets a little bit discharged, and I charge it, the WFCO will likely go into bulk mode, and 14.4v is supposedly high enough to address sulfation, i.e., a little bit of time being charged at 14.4 is better for the battery than getting 13.6 all the time. Maybe. I think that at one time I had a real "smart" multi-stage converter that would hit the battery with 14.4 every so often simply for that purpose.
