Charging AGM Batteries
I was looking for info on trying to charge, recharge AGM Batteries. If a convenional automatic charger is set to the deep cycle 2 amp setting, will this over charge the AGM Battery? Constructive comme...
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I just had an incredibly informative conversation with the Odyssey tech guy who was easy to speak with and seemed eager to answer questions.
More info than I can relate here, but basically if a converter/charger was able to only meet one charging spec in Rv usage, it would be the proper Float voltage. They'd prefer 14.4 ACV and 13.7 float rather than 14.7acv and 13.2 float.
But basically in my usage with only 200 watts of solar 3 batteries, slight driving, and plugging in every 5 days he said Not to consider their product. I would not get my moneys worth and recommended flooded deep cycles.
Said even If were to get the the proper charger and feed them their .4c regimen, after 5 days of my normal cycling/ solar recharge, the first recharge at .4c would not bring them back upto 100%, that another discharge and proper application of .4C then would likely return them there, but this would not negate the fact that they were not sufficiently recharged by the solar, even if the amp hour counter returned to ) from full each day.
He did however say there was one charger out there(deltavolt) that would fully charge their batteries at well less than a .4c bulk current, and that this charger would go upto 16.5 volts but at no more than 1.8 amps.
He said this would not exceed the 8psi and pop the vents.
He said more than 15 v and 5 amps( for their 100a/h group 31) would exceed the 8psi, that was the threshhold.
I'm leaning back toward flooded batteries, and committing myself to check them more often.
More info than I can relate here, but basically if a converter/charger was able to only meet one charging spec in Rv usage, it would be the proper Float voltage. They'd prefer 14.4 ACV and 13.7 float rather than 14.7acv and 13.2 float.
But basically in my usage with only 200 watts of solar 3 batteries, slight driving, and plugging in every 5 days he said Not to consider their product. I would not get my moneys worth and recommended flooded deep cycles.
Said even If were to get the the proper charger and feed them their .4c regimen, after 5 days of my normal cycling/ solar recharge, the first recharge at .4c would not bring them back upto 100%, that another discharge and proper application of .4C then would likely return them there, but this would not negate the fact that they were not sufficiently recharged by the solar, even if the amp hour counter returned to ) from full each day.
He did however say there was one charger out there(deltavolt) that would fully charge their batteries at well less than a .4c bulk current, and that this charger would go upto 16.5 volts but at no more than 1.8 amps.
He said this would not exceed the 8psi and pop the vents.
He said more than 15 v and 5 amps( for their 100a/h group 31) would exceed the 8psi, that was the threshhold.
I'm leaning back toward flooded batteries, and committing myself to check them more often.
