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====== Intentionally severe battery use ====== | ====== Intentionally severe battery use ====== | ||
- | Lead-acid chemistries prefer light cycling and full recharge between those cycles. | + | Lead-acid chemistries prefer light cycling and full recharge between those cycles. |
- | This article is about the intentional | + | This article is about the intentional |
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+ | * reducing the weight impact of lead banks | ||
+ | * one wants to make use of old/damaged batteries whose capacity has declined | ||
===== how low can we go? ===== | ===== how low can we go? ===== | ||
- | The most common low-end targets for [[electrical: | + | For folks willing to trade battery longevity for some amount of increased capacity, |
+ | * 60% DoD / 40% SoC, ~12.0 rested volts | ||
* 75% DoD / 25% SoC, ~11.7 rested volts | * 75% DoD / 25% SoC, ~11.7 rested volts | ||
* 80% DoD / 20% SoC, ~11.6 rested volts | * 80% DoD / 20% SoC, ~11.6 rested volts | ||
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- | ===== limiting the damage ===== | ||
+ | ===== limiting the damage ===== | ||
- | Deep cycles generally extend | + | * get power back into the battery ASAP after deep discharge; |
+ | * fully charge lead-chemistry batteries as often as possible. | ||