motorhome coach batteries
i need new coach batteries and wondered what kind i should purchase. at present have 2 12v interstates but very unhappy with their performance thankyou in advance hb ive been told that 6v per...
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Computing battery charging characteristics and then matching them to a charger is not cut and dried. Some batteries have an "initial" higher charge acceptance then that higher acceptance rate "advantage" vanishes as the battery fills. Overall "fill time" may be reduced, but batteries are not a foot race.
Batteries are cranky. Good intentions but in reality, abuse, will have a battery commit suicide or clean your clock so fast, it'd make a person's head spin.
Here is an exercise:
Two 100 mp hour batteries. Both are heavily (identical kWh) discharged cycled.
Establish a timed limited recharging profile for both flooded and absorbed glass mat construction. Let's use a two hour figure. Furnish values for the record.
Pursue the test for say 300 cycles.
In what state of HEALTH would the batteries end up in?
How does a person establish the state of health of both types of battery?
Does YOUR (no one else's) charger have the ability to meet or exceed all of the above criteria? Leave the battery in the best NUMERICALLY PROVEN state of health?
Note: I am biased toward wilderness camping versus running from electrical receptacle to electrical receptacle. I am also biased against placing my rig in the sun for PV use and needing to run the generator to keep the rig habitable.
Batteries are cranky. Good intentions but in reality, abuse, will have a battery commit suicide or clean your clock so fast, it'd make a person's head spin.
Here is an exercise:
Two 100 mp hour batteries. Both are heavily (identical kWh) discharged cycled.
Establish a timed limited recharging profile for both flooded and absorbed glass mat construction. Let's use a two hour figure. Furnish values for the record.
Pursue the test for say 300 cycles.
In what state of HEALTH would the batteries end up in?
How does a person establish the state of health of both types of battery?
Does YOUR (no one else's) charger have the ability to meet or exceed all of the above criteria? Leave the battery in the best NUMERICALLY PROVEN state of health?
Note: I am biased toward wilderness camping versus running from electrical receptacle to electrical receptacle. I am also biased against placing my rig in the sun for PV use and needing to run the generator to keep the rig habitable.
