batteries

[Blair]

Morning Rich!

First cup of coffee, darker than the back side of the moon, wetter than
the bottom of a boat, and the baby coons are eating the cat food.
Batteries. Don't care what type you have, low discharge makes for
long life. If you pencil the numbers, adding a battery or two goes a long
way to extending the life of the whole group if you up your minimum discharge
point.
I have a real good friend who lives on the upper peninsula that is an
energy consultant for several really large corporations. He does energy
audits
and then makes changes in their entire operations for energy savings. He knows
batteries better than anyone else I've ever met.
Most of what I know comes from him.

Take your battery bank. If you increase the number of batteries
by 50% and raise
the lowest voltage that you allow them to be discharged to you will easily
double their
life. Just going from 12.0 volts to 12.5volts just doubled their life.

Blair in Oregon




At 08:12 PM 11/3/2005, you wrote:
>Hi Blair & John,
>
>While I can't say too much bad about the East Penn Gel Cells in
>my '99 as they are still going strong at 6+ years old, I agree that
>AGM is a better technology. From what I read, they should give me
>more cycles and charge much faster which is a big benefit when
>charging from a generator. I'm sure that I'll be changing over when
>these Gel's finally die and will be looking to you for advice on
>which ones to get. I've already checked and the inverter/chargers
>and I can switch them from the "Gel" setting to an "AGM" setting so
>they should charge correctly.
>
>Rich D. '99LXi43' CT
>
>
>--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Blair wrote:
> >
> > John,
> >
> > Not a problem, probably my fault originally for posting a
>confusing statement.
> > I don't keep my old messages for reference.
> >
> > For what it's worth, I really don't like gel batteries....
> >
> > If we take it easy on the juice, I figure we can go three days
>before hitting
> > the genset...
> >
> > Blair In Oregon
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > At 04:55 PM 11/3/2005, you wrote:
> > > Sorry Blair, for misunderstanding your response to
> > >Rich's original post. Apparently Rich and I both
> > >thought you were lumping AGM and Gel in the same
> > >realm.
> > >
> > > No question AGM's and Lead-acid's can withstand
> > >similar high-charge rates, where Gel's will sustain
> > >damage.
> > >
> > >John
> > >
> > >
> > >--- Blair wrote:
> > >
> > > > Rich, sorry guys, I don't have gell batteries,
> > > > they are AGM's which are
> > > > built differently and have a different charging
> > > > rate.....
> > > >
> > > > I you check with the makers of the AGM's you will
> > > > find that you CAN
> > > > charge at the same rate as Pb acid if done
> > > > correctly.
> > > >
> > > > Blair in Oregon
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > > >Hi Blair,
> > > > >
> > > > >You must disagree with many others too... I am not
> > >saying that your particular brand of battery won't
> > > > >tolerate the lead acid battery charger, just that
> > > > most all brands of
> > > > >GEL batteries do not.
> > >
> > > > >Rich D. '99LXi43' CT
> > > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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