Woo Hoo..New AGM Batteries
two of the new ones in their workplace, the battery rack last night 7:30pm meter 12.93v lights and fans running this morning 6:30 am (early for us) 12.62v down 65ampHrs from full i set th...
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Reading this thread makes me wonder what "floating" batteries means. I thought it meant maintaining some particualar voltage on the batteries at all times after they have been fully charged using whatever method.
At least in my case that's what float means when camping with hookups or when the RV is in storage .... plus this caveat: My "float" voltage is also the voltage the RV batteries usually get charged with from our generator whenever drycamping. The spec on our AGM batteries calls for 13.5 to 13.8 float volts, but they also of course can be charged up to a < 1.0 acceptance amps state using only 13.5 to 13.8 volts - if the charging time is long enough. We usually only charge the batteries with higher voltages than those when on the road or for faster generator-less charging when in drycamp.
We can only get by using the above approach because of our particular type of AGM batteries.
At least in my case that's what float means when camping with hookups or when the RV is in storage .... plus this caveat: My "float" voltage is also the voltage the RV batteries usually get charged with from our generator whenever drycamping. The spec on our AGM batteries calls for 13.5 to 13.8 float volts, but they also of course can be charged up to a < 1.0 acceptance amps state using only 13.5 to 13.8 volts - if the charging time is long enough. We usually only charge the batteries with higher voltages than those when on the road or for faster generator-less charging when in drycamp.
We can only get by using the above approach because of our particular type of AGM batteries.
