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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Perhaps your charging loses were greater than 4% to recharge? Your charging losses will be greater as you approach a 100% SOC. Takes a lot of losses to get that last 3,4 or 5% back into the battery, just due to battery chemistry, and not a lot of sulfur sitting on the plates to put back into solution.
It's good to let your solar panels take the hit late in the afternoon for those charge losses to top the batteries off, instead of your generator burning a bunch of gasoline for a whole lot of nothing being added.
It's good to let your solar panels take the hit late in the afternoon for those charge losses to top the batteries off, instead of your generator burning a bunch of gasoline for a whole lot of nothing being added.
