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electrical:severe_battery_use [2019/08/21 22:03] frater_secessus [Intentionally severe battery use] |
electrical:severe_battery_use [2021/05/05 10:57] frater_secessus [increasing effective Absorption duration] |
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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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===== limiting the damage ===== | ===== limiting the damage ===== | ||
- | Deep cycles generally extend the amount of time for a battery to complete Absorption. | ||
- | * get power back into the battery ASAP after deep discharge; | + | * get power back into the battery ASAP after deep discharge; |
- | * increase Absorption time, or even set Vfloat == Vabs. | + | * fully charge lead-chemistry batteries as often as possible |
- | * if flooded, keep a close watch on water levels | + | |