How do L16's fare under heavy inverter loads?
I realize that I'm probably the only one with these batts here but maybe someone has some in an off-grid home and are familiar with how they run under heavy load? 6V seem to exhibit more voltage drop ...
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BFL, I was second guessing for a bit but not anymore. I 'm not sure your thread can be used for my batts as the plates are thicker than yours. To add some info...I have 4 L16's, 370Ah each.
MEX wrote:This is the issue, the reason I'm asking is I want to run a combo MW/convection oven (~150A while running) for a good 20-25 minutes a pop. We don't use the MW portion. Probably once a day while camping. We're not full timers so it's just going to be for a 3-4 day weekend, once a month max. So that's why I'm concerned about voltage drop.
A longer run time would be umm not intelligent with batteries. My 2-volt cells can do it but it takes an F-650 stake truck to haul them.
L-16 batteries are built for 20 hour discharge rates not 5 hour or 5 minute.
12thgenusa wrote:I believe they are 1.17. There is a formula for calculating this and that's what I got for an answer.
Some 6-volt batteries have lower Peukert than some 12-volt batteries. Ballpark number that most articles refer to is 1.3 for deep cycle FLA. It can range from 1.1 to 1.5.
