telcom battery bank
Hi all, This winter I was not home. There was an early heavy snow and the solar panels on the rv were covered all winter. So far I've had about 19 amps going into them for one hour. After 24 hou...
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I haven't performed a standardized ampere hour test but I did do this...
Let it sit as I described. Then operated a tube heated 24 volt heated reservoir ResMed BiPap for 17 hours (total) via a 300 watt Samlex PSW inverter, disconnected everything then it sat for (perhaps) 4 days.
Observed voltage 12.69
Keep in mind this battery was picked up March 2012 and stood standby for many years being maintained at strictly observed Concorde float values
Conclusion: like me the battery is obsolete so formal testing would be moot. I mentioned this merely as being curious. There is no reason to be prejudiced by assumption. Until I can walk again or have motive assistance I seem to be "stuck" in an environment that has near infallible electrical service. My neighbor across the street is a regional bigwig for CFE the government electricity agency :D
Let it sit as I described. Then operated a tube heated 24 volt heated reservoir ResMed BiPap for 17 hours (total) via a 300 watt Samlex PSW inverter, disconnected everything then it sat for (perhaps) 4 days.
Observed voltage 12.69
Keep in mind this battery was picked up March 2012 and stood standby for many years being maintained at strictly observed Concorde float values
Conclusion: like me the battery is obsolete so formal testing would be moot. I mentioned this merely as being curious. There is no reason to be prejudiced by assumption. Until I can walk again or have motive assistance I seem to be "stuck" in an environment that has near infallible electrical service. My neighbor across the street is a regional bigwig for CFE the government electricity agency :D
