[Homestead] SLA vs FLA batteries
Don Bowen
don.bowen at earthlink.net
Thu Jan 26 20:10:20 EST 2006
At 1/26/2006, you wrote:
>Flooded Lead-acid batteries can be either sealed or open. Their charging
>characteristics are the same. However one must be cautious with sealed
>batteries so they are not overcharged. Deep cycle lead-acid batteries are
>usually overcharged on the charging cycle, these are open types, so that the
>gas from the electrolyte boiling can escape and not cause the battery to
>blow-up. The question is: does your charger have an overcharge section to
>the charging curve?
I am about to toss the built-in converter and go with one of the new smart
converters. They have switches to set the charge curve but I think the
selections are flooded LA, gel, and AGM.
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