When the battery set gets low [RE-wrenches]

[Jay Peltz, Peltz Power]

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Hi Darryl,

I'm curious about what bulk voltage and time you were using with the  
genny and with the charge controller.

thanks,

jay
peltz power


On Jul 31, 2005, at 8:12 PM, Darryl Thayer wrote:

> In my experiance the loss in the battery cables is too
> small to have an effect.  This effect is large.  I had
> a chance to measure last winter when I was called to a
> site where the batteries were dangeroulsy low, the
> trimetric was set for 92% efficiency and it read full
> charge.  We ran the generatror for several days,
> pumped in several capacities of charge before my
> hydrometer said the batteries were full.  I can not
> explain other than the charge efficiency was very low.
>  The cells bubbled for and yet the charge was very
> slow to come back.  They did and with summer the
> batteries seem to be fine and are at full charge.  The
> trimetric has been set to 84% battery efficiency I
> think.  However the new charge controller (MX60) is
> now in charge and I have the float voltage set higher.
>
> Darryl
>
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