Converting to Solar/AGM
Hey folks, I just recently installed 2x 95W Solar Panels, 1000W pure sine wave interver interver fuse, and regulator I'm looking to upgrade my house batteries to a bank of two lifeline 6volt (...
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Vic.Bc wrote:
Im still learning more about cycles. Like can I just have my solar charging the batteries all day or do I need to charge them strategically, like if I drain to 80% and charge up to 100%, that's a cycle?
So all I'll be doing for now is replacing the 12volt flooded with the AGM. That battery is wired to be charged by the alternator and converter. My friend Is an electrician so he will be there to help but I'm guessing I should replace all that wire before switching them over to the AGMs.
Sorry, late reply!
Re cycles, that is a good question! A cycle per the life cycle charts is discharge, then recharge back to 100%. I don't have an answer for partial recharges. We don't RV like the charts, do we?
There is one phenomenom that some of us AGMers notice/report, is that our AGMs reach a point where the accptance amps are zero.
Lifeline describes their AGMs to be 'fully charged' when the acceptance Amps are below 0.05% of the 20hr rating. With a 100AH AGM, that would be 0.5A. I believe that is the definition of a completed charge cycle. I don't see why that does not hold true for AGMs in general.
HTH;
John
