SiO2 Charging Profile
56.5 constant amps in Bulk is 28% charging rate--expect lower rate to run to a higher SOC before tapering but take longer over all. Here is the old ugly graph again showing 55 amps on a pai...
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"so by running 50 to 80 or 50 to 90% you are just acepting a shorter battery life kinda like if you run a LFP from 100 to 0 all the time you are acepting your only going to get the advertised cycle life which is Ok as long as you are fine with that. but telling people to not fully charge with out telling them that there may be a slight trade off in cycle liffe or capacity the more they do it is not cool. a lot of new people who only know that a battery makes there lights work read this stuff and go out and buy expensive batteies then wonder why there getting killed in 3 years."
Lots of advice out there to do 50-80s when on generator recharging so not to waste generator time and fuel doing the higher SOC part with low tapering amps. Also lets you get more AH in during generator hours if those times are restricted.
Charging profiles for different battery types are useful for knowing how far up in SOC it is worth going while doing a generator recharge
When I first got onto this the big problem was knowing when the batts were up to 80 or 90 % while still being charged so I knew when to stop the gen. Voltage no use and no ammeter on a converter to tell you what amps have tapered to. That is where the Trimetric monitor came in handy with its AH counter
It is true that Newbies can have their first set of batts die too soon. Called their Learning Set. Happened to me for sure.
Lots of advice out there to do 50-80s when on generator recharging so not to waste generator time and fuel doing the higher SOC part with low tapering amps. Also lets you get more AH in during generator hours if those times are restricted.
Charging profiles for different battery types are useful for knowing how far up in SOC it is worth going while doing a generator recharge
When I first got onto this the big problem was knowing when the batts were up to 80 or 90 % while still being charged so I knew when to stop the gen. Voltage no use and no ammeter on a converter to tell you what amps have tapered to. That is where the Trimetric monitor came in handy with its AH counter
It is true that Newbies can have their first set of batts die too soon. Called their Learning Set. Happened to me for sure.
