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profdant139
Explorer II
Jun 13, 2015

Conditioning/"formatting" new batteries: update in 1st post

(UPDATE -- based on advice from you all, I have "freshened" my batteries using the DC charging output on my Honda generator. It is supposed to put out 8 amps, but I measured it at 5, which was perfec...
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ktmrfs
Explorer III
Jun 13, 2015
while I know of no "break in or conditioning" requirements, Trojan does say that the GC batteries take a number of cycles down to 50% of charge to develop full AH capacity. IIRC the number was something between 10 and 50 cycles, and IIRC the initial vs. peak capacity difference was about 10%.

Other batteries could be entirely different.

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