My Screwy 31
First off let me say I am not stressing over this. It's just a battery, it is only money, it is meeting my overnight needs, but it is displaying strange behavior, and I am curious as to why. So th...
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Ahh thanks for the elaboration, I should have not needed it though.
:S
My Solar controller's controller has a "charge efficiency" screen, which I leave at Auto adjust, and it is now claiming 99%, which of course I do not believe. I have the option to set it to another number, down to 80%.
I just did a dipping for grins. It went into 15.3v Float/finish mode an hour ago, and currently taking 1.9 amps to hold 15.3v.
1.270, 1.270 and 1.275 on the 3 easy to access cells. The other 3 require too much effort. I am doing the EQ every so often to max the SG out, more so than to even out the readings between the cells.
This battery has raised my eyebrows a bunch since late November, thus my 'Screwy' moniker. I was not wanting to believe USbattery's 15.3v finishing charge, but SG really tanks after a few cycles without it.
Perhaps we should start a poll on how long before I need to replace it. The voltages I need apply daily after each cycle to approach near max SG, would seem to indicate I am an excessive shedder of positive plate material.
Still meeting my needs though, and I'm gonna keep going with it till it cannot.
:S
My Solar controller's controller has a "charge efficiency" screen, which I leave at Auto adjust, and it is now claiming 99%, which of course I do not believe. I have the option to set it to another number, down to 80%.
I just did a dipping for grins. It went into 15.3v Float/finish mode an hour ago, and currently taking 1.9 amps to hold 15.3v.
1.270, 1.270 and 1.275 on the 3 easy to access cells. The other 3 require too much effort. I am doing the EQ every so often to max the SG out, more so than to even out the readings between the cells.
This battery has raised my eyebrows a bunch since late November, thus my 'Screwy' moniker. I was not wanting to believe USbattery's 15.3v finishing charge, but SG really tanks after a few cycles without it.
Perhaps we should start a poll on how long before I need to replace it. The voltages I need apply daily after each cycle to approach near max SG, would seem to indicate I am an excessive shedder of positive plate material.
Still meeting my needs though, and I'm gonna keep going with it till it cannot.
