Am I asking to much from 2x T105's?
I posted a month or so ago about my new solar install, and some issues I was having with the low voltage alarm on my Xantrek 2000W Prowatt while running my coffee maker (Tassimo). I was able to check...
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Trojan has honest-to-god engineers and they actually have a say as to what the sales department can and cannot spout.
The trick is to MINIMIZE the formation of hardened sulfate on the positive plate. This is a major battery management goal. Another major battery management goal is to be master of the battery not the other way round. Myself I am lazy. I figure out the layback lenny way to manage my bank and then squeeze every last danged cent's worth out of it, including the cost of recharging and maintenance.
A stupid wind-up 6 hour timer connected to a VARIAC then a HARBOR FREIGHT charger is my best friend. I groan, arise from my chair, look at the voltmeter, decide how many hours to wind up the timer, go back to my chair and reach for a brewskie. I figure doing that once a week to be often enough. Once a month I dip the cells. Then I go wash the car. But not on Sunday or Monday night during football season.
I have a wool thingee (rag) I drape over my lap. I slip on a pair of dishwashing gloves, pair of safety glasses and spend a whopping twelve to fifteen minutes dipping 24 cells.
Going to the dentist. Now we talkin' something I HATE to do. Or unjamming a garbage disposal or dealing with something else in the outgoing plumbing.
The trick is to MINIMIZE the formation of hardened sulfate on the positive plate. This is a major battery management goal. Another major battery management goal is to be master of the battery not the other way round. Myself I am lazy. I figure out the layback lenny way to manage my bank and then squeeze every last danged cent's worth out of it, including the cost of recharging and maintenance.
A stupid wind-up 6 hour timer connected to a VARIAC then a HARBOR FREIGHT charger is my best friend. I groan, arise from my chair, look at the voltmeter, decide how many hours to wind up the timer, go back to my chair and reach for a brewskie. I figure doing that once a week to be often enough. Once a month I dip the cells. Then I go wash the car. But not on Sunday or Monday night during football season.
I have a wool thingee (rag) I drape over my lap. I slip on a pair of dishwashing gloves, pair of safety glasses and spend a whopping twelve to fifteen minutes dipping 24 cells.
Going to the dentist. Now we talkin' something I HATE to do. Or unjamming a garbage disposal or dealing with something else in the outgoing plumbing.
