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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On an uncompromised (damaged) AGM holding the finish voltage @ 14.4 volts for 12 hours when absorbsion reaches one half percent can be though of as "top charging" simililar to a conventional flooded lead antimony battery.
Battery testing and usage is never point specific. Everything operates on gradients. Voltage + Time + Temperature of electrolyte.
No battery that I am aware of is immune to temperature. When a manufacturer became unhappy at learning of the decay in CCA and capacity at winter temperatures I shrugged my shoulders. In extreme conditions an open caged incandescent 100 watt light bulb can raise underhood battery temp by 10 degrees or more.
The Antelope Valley proved useful because of it's near 100 degree summer/winter span.
Battery testing and usage is never point specific. Everything operates on gradients. Voltage + Time + Temperature of electrolyte.
No battery that I am aware of is immune to temperature. When a manufacturer became unhappy at learning of the decay in CCA and capacity at winter temperatures I shrugged my shoulders. In extreme conditions an open caged incandescent 100 watt light bulb can raise underhood battery temp by 10 degrees or more.
The Antelope Valley proved useful because of it's near 100 degree summer/winter span.
