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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The usual scenario for telecom site batteries is design for long float life with perhaps a dozen or so major discharges. But long term survival at low voltages isn't in their job description.
Paying up the yangying for a lifeline means getting incredibly thick plates. Controlled overcharging sheds substantial amounts of plate material. But if they're super thick it's like having a checking account overdraft protection plan.
But the chances of survival for a battery with lesser thickness plates is less.float maintenance for 10 years will consume a chunk of plate layer as well.
By the way Don if you ever get your hands on a regular transformer rectifier battery charger you can throttle it with your variac. A Fred Flintstone grade sort of adjustable charger.
Paying up the yangying for a lifeline means getting incredibly thick plates. Controlled overcharging sheds substantial amounts of plate material. But if they're super thick it's like having a checking account overdraft protection plan.
But the chances of survival for a battery with lesser thickness plates is less.float maintenance for 10 years will consume a chunk of plate layer as well.
By the way Don if you ever get your hands on a regular transformer rectifier battery charger you can throttle it with your variac. A Fred Flintstone grade sort of adjustable charger.
