full_mosey wrote:
full_mosey wrote:
I remeasured today @ Noon.
Optimas = 108F
MS SS10 = 116F, jumpered at 14.4V
Turnigy Volts = 13.85, result of 116F ambient temp comp by SS-10
I will hook up the Turnigy to get the charging Amps and post around 3PM today.
I still maintain that I have never observed any out-gassing from either the Deka or the AGMs. If my AGMs are damaged, won't that be apparent when I run capacity tests next month?
HTH;
John
2PM;
Deployed the Turnigy. There was .30A and 7.75Ap reading. The 0.30A decreased to 0.00A within one minute. That's no, zero, nada mA.
3PM:
One hour readings:
Optimas = 110F
SS10 = 119F
Turnigy = 0.00A, 13.80V, 0.011Ah, 7.75Ap, 0.1Wh
I don't see any danger of outgassing with these readings as there is virtually no power.
For skits and grins, I changed the SS-10 jumper down to 14.1V which resulted in 13.50V, down from 13.80.
HTH;
John
It is now 8:53PM. sunset was 8:47PM. Let's call that 6hrs past 3PM.
Optimas 106F
SS-10 109F
Turnigy 0.00A 13.29V 0.011Ah 7.75Ap 0.1Wh
There has been NO change in accumulated Ah and Wh.
The batteries are charged and surely there can be NO problem with out-gassing due to a complete lack of any power actually being applied to the bank. After all, this setup has been running for months.
I can't imaging how anything horrible like out-gassing could be happening to the bank.
And yes, Optima is very aggressive with their charging specs. The rapid charge spec of 15.6V with UNLIMITED Amps seems to cause the most heartburn around here with the FLA folks. I don't have any problem with that spec at all.
HTH;
John
P.S. actually 6hrs additional possible charge time.
