[RE-wrenches] Trickle charge a generator cranking battery?

[William Miller]

Bill:

This is an existing, garden variety, sealed cranking battery.  I would 
specify a module that would supply enough charge during winter to keep the 
battery charged.  The battery will have it's own autonomy in that it does 
not need to be charged every day.  If the battery is charged fully once a 
week, should that not be adequate?

William



At 12:31 PM 4/15/2011, you wrote:
>
>William,
>
>Wouldn't you want to specify what kind of battery chemistry?
>
>How often are you able to inspect this battery/generator system?
>
>If you choose SLA battery, will you have consistently good insolation for 
>year round charging? If not, you are saving a bit of initial cost and 
>potentially (questionable IMHO) better reliability at the potential 
>expense of longer battery life.
>
>Is that a good trade-off?
>
>Bill Loesch
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