Mixing AGM and Flooded in a Bank ?
I have had no issues with my mixed bank of flooded 6v and 12s. I have a pair of Interstate GC2-XHDs, a pair of Exide 135s, and two Trojan T-1275s all banked. They are wired as two big 12s (4-6s + 2...
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Nope that was another guy. ( K, I think.) Good point about plates while floating. Actually it would be easy to separate the AGMs from the Floodeds for floating them since I have more than one charger, as mentioned by drmopar above. I only do floating at home, not while camping.
Cycle life does not matter so much in my case compared with full timers. Anything over five years from a battery is ok with me. By this time next year mine will all be around seven. So I am planning replacement options.
You can have too many batteries/AHs. It is all about the fast recharge, so once you are down into the mid-SOCs where it is faster, and fit in the 40% for a 50-90, you don't want that 40% to be more AH than needed based on your usage to stay within the gen time limit.
Too many batteries would have you doing 50-75s or something, leaving more of an incomplete recharge. Too few batteries and you are forced up into the slow recharge high SOC zone. Or go lower than 50%, which becomes an option with AGMs. Lots to juggle.
Nope that was another guy. ( K, I think.) Good point about plates while floating. Actually it would be easy to separate the AGMs from the Floodeds for floating them since I have more than one charger, as mentioned by drmopar above. I only do floating at home, not while camping.
Cycle life does not matter so much in my case compared with full timers. Anything over five years from a battery is ok with me. By this time next year mine will all be around seven. So I am planning replacement options.
You can have too many batteries/AHs. It is all about the fast recharge, so once you are down into the mid-SOCs where it is faster, and fit in the 40% for a 50-90, you don't want that 40% to be more AH than needed based on your usage to stay within the gen time limit.
Too many batteries would have you doing 50-75s or something, leaving more of an incomplete recharge. Too few batteries and you are forced up into the slow recharge high SOC zone. Or go lower than 50%, which becomes an option with AGMs. Lots to juggle.
