Trailer Battery Load Support
As a followup to my recent discussion about my newly acquired CTEK Multi US 7002 Charger I'd be interested in some further input on the subject of trailer battery load support. :) First, I should c...
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landyacht318 wrote:
To be fair to the East Penn Deka AGMS, their reported under performance in marine forums is in PSOC cycling abuse, compared to other brands of AGM.
PSOC = partial state of charge
Which as I see it isn't an issue for my particular application as I'd only be significantly drawing down this battery a few times each season when we lose campground shore power. Rather, I'm more interested in the battery's ability to maintain voltage under load from the inverter when I'm powering our coffee machine or toaster. I've demonstrated to myself that load supporting my current flooded G27 with my truck running does help but if an AGM alone will handle this task more easily than a similarly sized flooded, recharge more quickly than a flooded, and eliminate the need to load support with my truck, then an AGM, even a less-than-ideal East Penn AGM, seems like it may be a good solution for me.
