Perhaps Capacity is Not King
I don't want to derail the current "charging AGM batteries" thread more than I already have. During the course of that thread I was shopping for AGM batteries, trying to determine which ones could ...
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full_mosey wrote:
Interesting, that chart looks exactly like this one located in a solar-electric FAQ under the paragraph Cycles vs Lifespan.
The last sentence attributes the chart to Lifeline:The chart is for a Concorde Lifeline battery, but all lead-acid batteries will be similar in the shape of the curve, although the number of cycles will vary.
HTH;
John
Man! A guy can't get away with squat around here!
Yeah, good catch, mose. You busted me. I was running off of memory and ahhhhh... well... that's probably not always a good idea in my advancing age.
The main point is the same. The question was whether or not batteries could handle 100% discharges. The answer, again is yes. Just not as many as 5% discharges or anywhere in between.
