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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? ===== | ||
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+ | * get power back into the battery ASAP after deep discharge; | ||
+ | * fully charge lead-chemistry batteries as often as possible | ||
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+ | ===== increasing effective Absorption duration ===== | ||
+ | Deep cycling generally extends the amount of time for a battery to complete Absorption. At some you may run into the controller' | ||
- | Deep cycles generally extend | + | * if duration setpoint is maxxed then [[electrical: |
+ | * **charge at a lower current** (charging minimum). | ||
+ | * **Absorb at a higher((but still manufacturer-sanctioned)) voltage** (Vabs), this will decrease | ||
+ | * **Float at a higher((but still manufacturer-sanctioned)) voltage** (Vfloat). | ||
+ | * [[electrical: | ||