Absorb Times & Float Voltage ??

Started by epsgunner, July 11, 2012, 08:11:54 PM

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stephendv

Quote from: boB on July 21, 2012, 07:03:05 PM
I still believe it is better to overcharge and watch the electrolyte level than to undercharge....  That is, to err on the side of
overcharging...   If you have only those 2 choices.

There's another strategy available here: for daily charging aim to undercharge slightly, i.e. > 90% SoC, and then do a once-a-month overcharge to ensure the batts reach 100% SoC. 

This is the strategy that Victron mention in their paper (paragraph 4.2.2): http://www.victronenergy.com/upload/documents/ElectricityonBoard_rev8_july2004.pdf

The SMA sunny island has also implemented this same strategy for their charging: http://files.sma.de/dl/3491/TECHBATT-AEN114414.pdf, i.e. one set of charging parameters for daily charging, and another set of parameters for "full" charging, which you can choose to do every X days.  EQ is an additional separate set of parameters.