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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PT, don't forget that your SOC when amps start tapering depends on the charging rate, so at 25% it would be at a lower SOC than at the 19% I was using.
I don't have a charger that can do 25 amps. Nearest I can get is my Vector chargers with their 20 amp settings (eg my 1092A with 2/10/20/35)
It happens that mine does 19 at the 20 amp setting. The charger seems to be set for 14.7v and battery voltage got there by the end.
If you are recharging on gen and stop before the battery is full--as usual with gen charging to not waste gen time with tapering amps, then battery voltage would still be under that 14.7 when you stop.
Eg, when doing a 50-90 using 14.8v charger setting, battery voltage might be 14.5 when I stop. Also there is voltage drop in there, but by the time amps taper down that becomes less so battery voltage is closer to charger voltage. Even so, you don't see battery at the same voltage as the charger until amps stop flowing right at the end of a full recharge.----You know all that, but some might not, so I want to be clear.
I don't have a charger that can do 25 amps. Nearest I can get is my Vector chargers with their 20 amp settings (eg my 1092A with 2/10/20/35)
It happens that mine does 19 at the 20 amp setting. The charger seems to be set for 14.7v and battery voltage got there by the end.
If you are recharging on gen and stop before the battery is full--as usual with gen charging to not waste gen time with tapering amps, then battery voltage would still be under that 14.7 when you stop.
Eg, when doing a 50-90 using 14.8v charger setting, battery voltage might be 14.5 when I stop. Also there is voltage drop in there, but by the time amps taper down that becomes less so battery voltage is closer to charger voltage. Even so, you don't see battery at the same voltage as the charger until amps stop flowing right at the end of a full recharge.----You know all that, but some might not, so I want to be clear.
