House Battery Life
Hi All, My 2 - 6 volt, deep cycle golf cart house batteries just died after only 3 & 1/2 years. Bought at Sam's June 2011. We live in our MH full time and almost always plugged into 30 amp powe...
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wa8yxm wrote:Dakota98 wrote:
Just a thought, but did the batteries ever get a "equalization" charge during the time in use ?
yes they did: He said "Intella power 9200"
the 9200 will charge them up, then once it goes into float, it counts down about 20 hours, then it does a short (like 15 minutes) equalization run.
My interstates were 9 years old, and had been abused (overly discharged) when I replaced them earlier this year. I have a 9180 with wizard (equal to the 9280 which has the wizard built in)
So they got equalization charges for 15 minutes every 20 hours.
NOTE: New, I had to add water... Annually.
I think Dakota was referring to a REAL equalizing... not the pseudo-equalization that comes on many of the new converters and portables. If the PD's 14.4v was a real EQ, then solar controllers set to their 14.8v setting would be "over equalizing" up to 14 hours per day. :)
