SiO2, Lead Crystal, Soneil Batteries
For various reasons I have purchased a pair of Soneil, SiO2, 260ah, batteries from Azmuth Solar. Are there any other users here of any version/brand of SiO2 (lead crystal) batteries? Either resp...
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At the end of this sailing season, I will report how well the FireFly Carbon Foam batteries I just installed in a client's performance cruiser. Because most of the deckspace is working area, the solar portion is very limited. I am going to have to find a bigger alternator that is no larger because what the main engine is came equipped with is only 50Amp and that may take a long time to recover the pair of ~110Ah Gp 31s. Trick is finding one with a tachometer output.
Firefly says that these can be discharged to less the 50%SOC with no reduction in capacity. If I can qualify this, I will let you know.
Matt
Firefly says that these can be discharged to less the 50%SOC with no reduction in capacity. If I can qualify this, I will let you know.
Matt
