Keeping batteries in camper over winter?
There's a lot of advice out there that says the best way to maintain deep cycle batteries over the winter is to remove them from the camper and put them in warm storage. However, I'd like to use the ...
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LOL Photomike,
Actually for every ten degree C downwards in temperature the speed of a chemical reaction is 50% less. That means the slow dissolving of the positive "plates" is 1/2 as fast.
If nominal is 20 c, at 10 c, it is 50%, at 0 c it is 25%, at -10 c it is 12.5%, at -20 c it is 6.25% and at -30 it is 3.125% as fast.
This is NOT accurate--but just an approximation.
Actually for every ten degree C downwards in temperature the speed of a chemical reaction is 50% less. That means the slow dissolving of the positive "plates" is 1/2 as fast.
If nominal is 20 c, at 10 c, it is 50%, at 0 c it is 25%, at -10 c it is 12.5%, at -20 c it is 6.25% and at -30 it is 3.125% as fast.
This is NOT accurate--but just an approximation.
