[RE-wrenches] cycling flooded batteries is not necessary

[toddcory at finestplanet.com]

to reiterate wrenches:
 
two battery manufacturers (surrette & trojan) have both stated there is NO NEED to cycle floating, flooded lead-antimony batteries. i have heard this urban legend for some time and it is nice to finally have it put to rest as an incorrect myth.
 
todd
 
 
 
 
On Saturday, February 18, 2012 7:04am, "Doug Wells" <dwells at thesolarspecialists.com> said:



> Maverick,
> 
> "But you would think after 20 years, inverter manufacturers would make some
> software similar to generator cycling to handle this cycling issue. "
> 
> I believe that the XW Inverters have this ability in sell mode.  There is
> traditional sell voltage.  And then there is a setting that puts the batteries
> through a traditional bulk cycle while still "selling" back any excess energy.
> The next question would be, is this better for battery longevity.  Seems like a
> hybrid of the two would be ideal.
> 
> Doug Wells
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