Flooded Batteries on Float
It's been mentioned that flooded batteries just keep accepting amps seemingly forever whereas AGM's will stop accepting amps when they're full. Don't know if it's true or not but I can say that my bat...
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The statement was actually meant to show how many kWh of charge activity (to cover charge loss) is needed to prevent the batteries from sulfating. Mechanically speaking electrical activity sulphates plates then desulfates plates. In desulfating the plates is going to shed.
If a person can substantially reduce (unneeded) activity battery life is increased. With a costly battery bank this can amount to a serious chunk of change (and eliminate unneeded battery replacement).
Now as far as testing a system with a milliammeter...
Batteries must be fully charged for a period of no less than 24 hours, but not experiencing effects of equalization.
Remove the negative wire to LOADS off the battery bank but do not disconnect the negative from the charger maintenance source.
Remove the positive lead from the charging source, panels, charger, inverter, whatever is maintaining your batteries.
Use a HAND HELD DMM which has it's own built-in power source. Switch to read a resolution of 1-100 milliamperes.
Positive lead to disconnected lead from charge source, negative lead to the disconnected wire's normal connection point on the battery.
Now what do you read? In milliamps?
If a person can substantially reduce (unneeded) activity battery life is increased. With a costly battery bank this can amount to a serious chunk of change (and eliminate unneeded battery replacement).
Now as far as testing a system with a milliammeter...
Batteries must be fully charged for a period of no less than 24 hours, but not experiencing effects of equalization.
Remove the negative wire to LOADS off the battery bank but do not disconnect the negative from the charger maintenance source.
Remove the positive lead from the charging source, panels, charger, inverter, whatever is maintaining your batteries.
Use a HAND HELD DMM which has it's own built-in power source. Switch to read a resolution of 1-100 milliamperes.
Positive lead to disconnected lead from charge source, negative lead to the disconnected wire's normal connection point on the battery.
Now what do you read? In milliamps?
