AGM vs Flooded Bulk Times
PT keeps asking whether AGMs will spend more time in Bulk at the same charging rate. I found a good example where that can be measured, using ah64id's test with his PD4655 on his pair of Lifeline...
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Now I am wondering about the whole concept of 50-80s, for AGMs which was invented for Wet cells to take advantage of their higher acceptance rates in the low SOCs zone.
An AGM's zone will be higher in SOC, not sure how much higher in general, but might even be 65-95? Same AH spread.
This could matter for those who use a generator first while the low batts will accept the high amps and then go solar the rest of the day. That makes good sense with Wets because the low amp solar more fits the low acceptance rate of Wets in the high SOCs.
With AGMs, it could be that it would make more sense to run the gen to a higher SOC with its high amps and have less of a job for the solar to do that day. It could maybe work out that the generator gas money would not be much more than the "old way" and you could save money (or hassle) by not needing so much solar.
It would take some bean-counting to figure out, but there might be an "AGM advantage" in there somewhere. Not quite a game-changer perhaps, but sort of?
An AGM's zone will be higher in SOC, not sure how much higher in general, but might even be 65-95? Same AH spread.
This could matter for those who use a generator first while the low batts will accept the high amps and then go solar the rest of the day. That makes good sense with Wets because the low amp solar more fits the low acceptance rate of Wets in the high SOCs.
With AGMs, it could be that it would make more sense to run the gen to a higher SOC with its high amps and have less of a job for the solar to do that day. It could maybe work out that the generator gas money would not be much more than the "old way" and you could save money (or hassle) by not needing so much solar.
It would take some bean-counting to figure out, but there might be an "AGM advantage" in there somewhere. Not quite a game-changer perhaps, but sort of?
