US Battery "finishing" charge recommendation
Please check out these USBattery manufacturer recommendations for 2 and 3 stage chargers. http://www.wholesalesolar.com/pdf.folder/battery-folder/charging_instruction_2011_2.pdf Quite a bit diff...
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landyacht318 wrote:
Well, just crawled back out. Unexpected results. Despite 2.5 hours at 14.7 then float/finish at 15.1, and still reading 15.1, bubbling, taking 0.7 amps to hold 15.1v at the battery terminals, the range was 1.260 to 1.275. Same battery temp as the other day's readings
4 cells at 1.260, one at 1.265, one at 1.275(closest to (+))
It was higher the other day (1.275 to 1.285)after the Schumacher held it at 15.8v for several hours.
I bumped the solar float/finish up to 15.3v and 15 minutes later it is taking 1 amp to hold that 15.3.
BFL. This is what the battery looks like:
http://www.usbattery.com/usb_us31dcxc.html
Interesting. Not fully charged, perhaps more or less than 90%, will sit back and wait for Mex to comment. That does NOT appear, to my eyes, and with the behavior, to be a true deep cycle battery. Not when it lists Cold Cranking hours, a starter motor need.
I wonder if he'll recommend hitting it with 15.8V again for a bit?
