Old Battery Tech Discussions

Our Lead Acid Battery Friends. Flooded Cell, AGM, GEL, etc... Discussions of how to take care of your battery bank, comparing brands/types of L.A. batteries, etc. Again, moderators will let chips fall where they may.

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Discussion	Started By	Replies	Views	Most Recent
NIckel Iron Batteries	LostinNevada January 2022	4	166	softdown November 2024
Dry Cell	rodwilsonsr August 2024	1	33	JRHill August 2024
Need to replace my Trojan L-16RE-B batteries (off grid 48volt system)	Panahead February 2022	7	276	littleharbor2 August 2024
Battery bank voltage	stmar June 2024	4	82	Marc Kurth June 2024
Dielectric grease and battery temp Q's	garynappi June 2024	2	62	mike_s June 2024
Automotive battery question, nothing to do with solar	Miller_Ranch July 2023	24	763	Miller_Ranch July 2023
Edison NiFe batteries 12	littleharbor2 August 2017	44	4.4K	Dave Angelini April 2023
Surprise SG on 2 of 12 cells	shokman December 2022	5	112	BB. February 2023
"Smart" chargers	Horsefly June 2020	6	584	Constantine Faller February 2023
Flooded acid battery voltage and temperature.	UpNorthMan November 2022	5	205	Dave Angelini November 2022
Battery Balancing Systems?	ligwyd November 2019	27	925	Gin83 September 2022
Weird colored water in rolls floded deep cycle	Gaby03 April 2022	3	141	Ralph Day August 2022
mix different batteries in parallel	humberto April 2022	2	62	BB. April 2022
3 12v deep cycle batteries spark bad when last one connected	cookj February 2022	3	421	BB. February 2022
Hot batteries	littleharbor2 February 2022	6	101	littleharbor2 February 2022
Duracell Ultra AGM, Cold Weather, Low SOC	WRFP399 February 2022	4	195	WRFP399 February 2022
DCDC/AGM compatibility question	TJay January 2022	3	41	Marc Kurth January 2022
Problems changing from AGM to Flooded	Ako January 2022	8	142	tabbycat January 2022
for sale 12v 1070ah fla: What to do with old but good battery banks?	Deveak_Kaizen December 2019	13	361	t00ls October 2021
Minimum rate of discharge	larcal October 2021	8	111	larcal October 2021
Question for Vic	larcal October 2021	0	11	larcal October 2021
Sizing battery for minimum depth of discharge. Does it matter?	larcal October 2021	4	51	larcal October 2021
Canned batteries and heat	larcal October 2021	1	21	Marc Kurth October 2021
Battery discharger	gicamuci December 2020	4	121	Tecnodave June 2021
Storage for Distilled Water	Ako October 2018	24	3.3K	mike95490 November 2020
Ideal Grid Support Voltage to extend the life of the Flooded Batteries	ChuckKautz November 2020	5	305	RCinFLA November 2020
What's in a name? With Industrial/Forklift batteries everything you need to know.	Trukinbear November 2020	16	480	SafariParkEarth November 2020
Recovering fork lift battery	Tecnodave June 2019	21	4.3K	softdown November 2020
battery wiring	alcatel99 November 2020	1	81	mike95490 November 2020
Field test report of new AGM design	Marc Kurth October 2020	15	251	Marc Kurth October 2020