Does DEKA make a good UPS battery?
I took a trip yesterday down near San Diego, it was twofold. One was to replace my free Trojan T-1275 that was a golf cart reject already when I got it with a pig of a 105# UPS 145ah AGM battery from ...
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MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Whew!
The thing is they design telecom batteries for least maintenance and exemplary longevity. Many telecom batteries see few cycles before they are retired. The trick is knowing how to test them before purchasing.
There is resting voltage depending on temp.
Discharge battery X amp hours. Recharging should need to replace 110% of amp hours used and no more.
Second test is with adjustable carbon pile load tester.
I'll get on that just as soon as possible, sir!
Lost one of our cats this weekend, kind of having some difficulty with closure, I wasn't there when he had to be put down with a failing heart, so things are getting pushed out a little bit.
Hoping for an escape to the Snake River and the Grand Tetons to put this battery through some real life testing. The trick is going to be how to find an unrestricted campsite on generator run times, punching the last iota of amps into this thing while recharging on gasoline powered generator is not my idea of efficiency, but I guess I need to do what I need to do in the name of science. It's a camping trip, first and foremost, not a science fair project.
Am I reading your post correctly, I should try to keep this pig at 80% SOC on a daily basis, or better? That's 30 amp hours, max, daily? 158AH total at 20 hours.
I'm having a "I shoulda bought LiFEPO4 " moment.
