Capacity Testing and 20 HR Rating
I'm thinking about doing a capacity test on my four GC2's. They have a 20hr rating of 215Ah. One thing I'm curious about is how the 20hr rating would have been determined. Being 6v, would they h...
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BFL13 wrote:
Your test did show the batteries still work quite well though.
That's how I interpreted the test results. I was thinking about replacing those old timers just in case, but will probably hold off now. I guess that 24/7 on float for years between trips is paying off.
Before an Alaskan trip maybe next year, I'm thinking about installing some roof solar ... using a 24V or 36V flex poly panel but mounted slightly up off the roof for cooling, using 3M VHB bracket-bonding to the fiberglass -> so no holes, with an MPPT controller mounted out of the weather down at the batteries.
Maybe for Alaska I should have both the solar and new AGMs?
