SiO2 Battery -UPDATE 5 (Two Batts)
Updates 22 Oct, 8 Nov, 10 Nov (photo), 14 Nov, 15 Dec http://azimuthsolar.ca/product/12v-100ah-sio2-battery/ Mostly PT has given info on these over several posts in several threads, but I have l...
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How to know it is all the way full?
It is a modified AGM, so where an AGM wants amps to taper to 0.5/100AH at 14.x (by actual specs for that AGM), the info for this SiO2 says 0.2/100AH (as I understand it)
The maintenance charger was supposed to finish the recharge overnight but it was at its 13.4v, so to make sure, this morning I used an adjustable voltage converter set to 14.7 and amps quickly settled at 0.1.
Mex told about the "wall" with AGMs so I tried that. Cranked voltage to 15.3 and amps jumped to 4.5 but then immediately fell off back down to 0.3. So that is the "wall" and this battery is as full as it can get IMO.
So I will put the new battery in service and see how it goes from here.
It does check out to do what I want it for, where other batteries won't/didn't. Too late now anyway--bought and paid for whatever the future holds :)
It is a modified AGM, so where an AGM wants amps to taper to 0.5/100AH at 14.x (by actual specs for that AGM), the info for this SiO2 says 0.2/100AH (as I understand it)
The maintenance charger was supposed to finish the recharge overnight but it was at its 13.4v, so to make sure, this morning I used an adjustable voltage converter set to 14.7 and amps quickly settled at 0.1.
Mex told about the "wall" with AGMs so I tried that. Cranked voltage to 15.3 and amps jumped to 4.5 but then immediately fell off back down to 0.3. So that is the "wall" and this battery is as full as it can get IMO.
So I will put the new battery in service and see how it goes from here.
It does check out to do what I want it for, where other batteries won't/didn't. Too late now anyway--bought and paid for whatever the future holds :)
