Had to Lower My Solar Float Voltage-Update
Updated 9 July Just a note for folks in a similar situation. My usual procedure in a normal summer here with my set-up with the Eco-Worthy controller (adjustable Absorb and adjustable Float ) is...
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Mex wrote:
At
What
TEMPERATURE
Are
These
Guys
Rating
Their
Float
Voltage
?
Assuming can get one in trouble ... sometimes. But this time I'll bet with 99.9999993% certainty that it won't get me in trouble: When a battery spec sheet says float at 13.2 volts at 77 degrees F ... what is safe to assume is that what's being specified is the temperature of the air in which the battery is sitting.
The air temperature around the battery is the only thing a battery user knows about, cares about, can measure, or can control.
What the battery designer cares about and takes care of is inside-to-outside and outside-to-inside heat transfer rates inherent in his/her design such that at 77 degrees outside air temperature in which the battery is sitting - the internals of the battery reach no than higher than X degrees at Y specified external applied float voltage.
(Boy was that a mouthful just to say that air around the battery temperature is the name of the game. All In My Humble 99.9999993% Opinion, of course.)
