EQ guidelines [RE-wrenches]

[hugh piggott]

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At 8:09 pm -0800 1/3/02, Joel Davidson wrote:
>Equalization is only part of "checking your batteries." I recommend checking
>your battery bank every 2 months for the first year and then at least twice
>a year thereafter.

How many users actually do this I wonder?  This sort of dedication 
would filter out a lot of would be users of renewable energy.  Sounds 
like a dreadful chore to me.  A reliable charging regime combined 
with adequate monitoring which provides the user with clear warning 
signs would sound more practical to me.

At 2:27 pm -0800 2/3/02, jay peltz wrote:
>
>Remember that almost with out exception the death of solar batteries is from
>undercharge,not overcharge.( wet not sealed of course)

It makes me wonder why you even need charge controllers.  Or why they 
are set so low.  Charging solar at a voltage limited to 14.5 or 
whatever and then doing a regular engine driven EQ at 15.5 or 
whatever makes absolutely no sense to me.

Is there really any advantage to doing the over-charge intermittently 
rather than daily?

-- 
Hugh

http://www.scoraigwind.co.uk/

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