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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I still don't understand the high discharge rate allowed vs the lower charging rate allowed. I read about "C-rates" wrt Li but got bewildered. Something about how Li electrons mate ISTR?
The explanations for SiO2 linked earlier are less than clear too (to me) having to do with various voltages when you stop at different rates and seemed to allow for "ratio" of charge rate vs discharge rates being sometimes 1 to 1 but not clear when that is, and so when you can use the mystery 3C charging for how long instead of "standard" charging rate of 0.3C.
Beats me. Luckily I don't have to worry about faster charging, doing the recharge at home.
I thought my old 156 amps on a 458AH bank was pretty fast for acceptable gen time on the Honda 3000, and that was 0.34C, so 0.3 seems ok to me. But they claim SiO2 can be done faster (less time for a 50-90 is what I would mean by that) but I don't dare try it with my very expensive battery!
EDIT--forgot again that their 0.3C is at the 10hr rate according to a couple of blurbs, so that is really about 0.27 at the 20 hr rate for SiO2 batts. (Note that the 27 for 20 and 30 for 10 is for SiO2 and would be different for other types of battery)
Have to wait for PT to buy one and try out 3C charging and find out what happens! :)
The explanations for SiO2 linked earlier are less than clear too (to me) having to do with various voltages when you stop at different rates and seemed to allow for "ratio" of charge rate vs discharge rates being sometimes 1 to 1 but not clear when that is, and so when you can use the mystery 3C charging for how long instead of "standard" charging rate of 0.3C.
Beats me. Luckily I don't have to worry about faster charging, doing the recharge at home.
I thought my old 156 amps on a 458AH bank was pretty fast for acceptable gen time on the Honda 3000, and that was 0.34C, so 0.3 seems ok to me. But they claim SiO2 can be done faster (less time for a 50-90 is what I would mean by that) but I don't dare try it with my very expensive battery!
EDIT--forgot again that their 0.3C is at the 10hr rate according to a couple of blurbs, so that is really about 0.27 at the 20 hr rate for SiO2 batts. (Note that the 27 for 20 and 30 for 10 is for SiO2 and would be different for other types of battery)
Have to wait for PT to buy one and try out 3C charging and find out what happens! :)
