best practices for long battery life
I cannot get more than 3 years out of my battery on my TT. Original battery was an interstate. It was replaced under warranty going into its third year. The replacement lasted two years. I then trie...
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It makes sense that a small load like a ceiling fan would run your battery much lower than it ought to go. A large load would just refuse to run at about 50% discharge.
I don't know if it's relevant to your situation, but it is also easy to kill batteries with too large of a load for a short time. For example, if you run a fridge or freezer, it will have a large start-up load for a short time, just a few seconds, but that might damage your battery.
Mex is a retired battery engineer, and really knows his stuff. So do a lot of the other guys on this forum :-)
I don't know if it's relevant to your situation, but it is also easy to kill batteries with too large of a load for a short time. For example, if you run a fridge or freezer, it will have a large start-up load for a short time, just a few seconds, but that might damage your battery.
Mex is a retired battery engineer, and really knows his stuff. So do a lot of the other guys on this forum :-)
