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wopachop
Explorer
Sep 13, 2019

Do flooded batteries prefer 10 percent or higher discharge?

For charging I see a spec of 10-13 percent of the 20ah rating. I'm manually discharging in the garage and curious if flooded wet cells prefer a strong discharge? Or is something like 5 percent suf...
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pianotuna
Nomad III
Sep 14, 2019
wopachop,

Self discharge in an old aged battery may be 30% per month (less at cold temperatures, more at high temperatures). For a brand spanking new unit that may only be 5%.

Each and every time the batteries are cycled there is positive plate shaling. There is no way to reverse that.

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