[RE-wrenches] Ever seen flooded battery charging parameters like this?

Larry Crutcher, Starlight Solar Power Systems larry at starlightsolar.com
Tue Oct 1 13:24:42 PDT 2013


Eric, 

30% of C is high for all flooded batteries I know of. I'd worry about the high temperatures and grid warping. Some AGM's can handle 5C charge without harm.

Larry


On Oct 1, 2013, at 11:10 AM, Eric.Bentsen at schneider-electric.com wrote:



Hi Guys, 



Calling for 30% C for max charge current on flooded batt. Pretty aggressive don't you think? 

Even more strange is the spec for 2V cells. They call for 20% for flooded but only 15% for gel/AGM? usually gel/agms take HIGHER max charge rate than flooded don't they?   
Thanks, 
Eric 

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