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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When time is money with a running generator crunching numbers soon brings up the combined cost/time factor of using a genset. Pistons, recon rods, liners and a new overhead will set me back around 4K. Throw in a camshaft, followers, injector pump, gaskets and bearings plus turning the crankshaft and it adds up to real money. The Kubota running at 70% load does not eat that much more fuel than it does at 40%. Fuel is $3.55/gal US But it's the seventy-mile round trip that's a killer just for fuel.
So I whack perhaps 15% off the cycle life total by full absorbsion limit charging but reduce charhing time by 35%. I have must have spent 100-hours crunching numbers and no way can "ideal" charge levels compete. In my scenario it would be a joke.
Factoring generator size, manageabiliy, cost, then paying for large chargers enters the picture. I have fun crunching numbers - others get migranes.
Then there is intangibles - do I want to listen to a generator rattling all day?
But utilizing 10% of a 3 000 watt generator to pray to the "ideal" C gods is silly and expensive. Battery companies wish to make their product look as good as possible. Hang the expenses.
So I whack perhaps 15% off the cycle life total by full absorbsion limit charging but reduce charhing time by 35%. I have must have spent 100-hours crunching numbers and no way can "ideal" charge levels compete. In my scenario it would be a joke.
Factoring generator size, manageabiliy, cost, then paying for large chargers enters the picture. I have fun crunching numbers - others get migranes.
Then there is intangibles - do I want to listen to a generator rattling all day?
But utilizing 10% of a 3 000 watt generator to pray to the "ideal" C gods is silly and expensive. Battery companies wish to make their product look as good as possible. Hang the expenses.
