<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>But they say that periodic equalazation is, the is this same as one good hard cycle. So it could be said that One cycle a month is all a lead antinmony battery needs. and of course water replacement, and sp gr testing to be sure the equalization was successful and when the battery gets old and the self discharge gets higher you may have to cycle more like once a week. </span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>DT<var id="yui-ie-cursor"></var>. </span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <div style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0;
font-size: 0px;" class="hr" contentEditable="false" readonly="true"></div> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> "toddcory@finestplanet.com" <toddcory@finestplanet.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, February 18, 2012 3:37 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [RE-wrenches] cycling flooded batteries is not necessary<br> </font> </div> <br>
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<div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">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.</div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">On Saturday, February 18, 2012 7:04am, "Doug Wells" <dwells@thesolarspecialists.com> said:<br><br></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">> Maverick,<br>> <br>> "But you would think after 20 years, inverter manufacturers would make some<br>> software similar to generator cycling to handle this cycling issue. "<br>> <br>> I believe that the XW Inverters have this ability in sell mode. There is<br>> traditional sell voltage. And then there is a setting that puts the batteries<br>> through a traditional bulk cycle while still "selling" back any excess energy.<br>> The next question would be, is this better for battery longevity. Seems like a<br>> hybrid of the two would be ideal.<br>> <br>> Doug Wells<br>> The Solar Specialists<br>> Morrisville, VT 05661<br>> (p) 802-223-7014<br>> (c) 802-498-5856<br>> <a href="http://www.thesolarspecialists.com" target="_blank">www.thesolarspecialists.com</a><br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> List sponsored by Home Power
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