First Time Boondocking Plan - Tech Question
I am trying to learn & prepare to Boondock for 12 days in Oct. I have a standard 5er setup (two 6 volt batteries) and a 2000w Honda generator. For convenience I purchased a battery level indicator at ...
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It must be a learning thing when you have AGMs how to tell what is going on, I don't know.
I know my Wet true deep cycle 12s (T-1275s) and 6s all act the same way when doing 50-90s when camping. Mainly, after only two 50-90s in a row, the SG is in the white when charged back up to 90 according to the AH count (Trimetric) Subsequent time on the solar before dark does nothing to help with that SG reading but does add some AH.
So the batts act after that like they are at the indicated capacity of 90% according to the Trimetric, but they are in trouble according to the hydrometer.
This means the good stuff must all be at the bottom of the batteries out of reach of the hydrometer, I suppose. Why, I have no idea.
All I know is I better fix that sometime before it is too late.
So what happens inside an AGM, and how do you know? I would be worried it was at the equivalent to being in the white but you can't tell. OTOH, the glass mat may keep things more even, I don't know.
I do know that I hate not knowing, and so I prefer to be able to use an hydrometer and get the facts. After that, I can go into my PITA routine (or not so bad with 6s--don't know yet with the T-1275s) to fix the problem when I get home.
AGMs may be wonderful, but I would hate not being able to measure to know for sure.
I know my Wet true deep cycle 12s (T-1275s) and 6s all act the same way when doing 50-90s when camping. Mainly, after only two 50-90s in a row, the SG is in the white when charged back up to 90 according to the AH count (Trimetric) Subsequent time on the solar before dark does nothing to help with that SG reading but does add some AH.
So the batts act after that like they are at the indicated capacity of 90% according to the Trimetric, but they are in trouble according to the hydrometer.
This means the good stuff must all be at the bottom of the batteries out of reach of the hydrometer, I suppose. Why, I have no idea.
All I know is I better fix that sometime before it is too late.
So what happens inside an AGM, and how do you know? I would be worried it was at the equivalent to being in the white but you can't tell. OTOH, the glass mat may keep things more even, I don't know.
I do know that I hate not knowing, and so I prefer to be able to use an hydrometer and get the facts. After that, I can go into my PITA routine (or not so bad with 6s--don't know yet with the T-1275s) to fix the problem when I get home.
AGMs may be wonderful, but I would hate not being able to measure to know for sure.
