Do AGM's charge quicker?
Looking to cut generator time. Have solar but sometimes have little to no sun when dry camping. Read AGM's charge up to 5X faster than flooded. How can that be, converter charger only puts out so mu...
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pnichols wrote:
Lilfeline does have recommended minimums, but as I suspected with respect to any AGM battery, they do talk about and warn against a danger of thermal runaway with use of large charging currents ... even though they do also talk about how it's possible to use large xC charging currrents.
This is basically all they have to say in their tech manual about max charge current:
The charging current during the Bulk stage should be set as high as practical; higher current
levels mean faster recharge time and less time for the plates to become sulfated. Due to the
low impedance design, Lifeline® batteries can tolerate in-rush current levels as high as 5C
(500A for a 100Ah battery).
