Battery quality and type questioned

mulia

Hi,

I'm building a solar power system for my home.

Most of the parts already solved thanks to the moderator on Solar Electric and excellent members of Solar Electric.

I'm searching for good quality deep cycle battery around my country.

Hard to find good brand here, most of the battery are self-branded China's made battery while a Korean brand I can found is not a deep cell one, just a MF battery.

I found a seller that sell Panasonic brand battery, I though this battery brand is not commonly found in US, but it's a renowned brand in mostly Asia.

But I can hardly determined if this battery is deep cycle battery or just usual battery.

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Can anyone please help me to determine it? Will it be fine to use?

Surely I need to use a deep cycle one.

Thank you.

stephendv

Re: Battery quality and type questioned

Looks like a sealed lead acid battery for UPS applications, designed for float service not deep cycle. Your best bet is to look for electric forklift batteries, any country that has warehouses usually has electric forklifts.

mulia

Re: Battery quality and type questioned

stephendv wrote: »

Looks like a sealed lead acid battery for UPS applications, designed for float service not deep cycle. Your best bet is to look for electric forklift batteries, any country that has warehouses usually has electric forklifts.

Are forklift batteries work better than this battery?

I think it won't be hard to find forklift battery, I can find warehouses one hour from my home, major town is 2 hours.

westbranch

Re: Battery quality and type questioned

another alternative is to use Golf Cart batteries in the 200+ Ahr rating. Best to use 6 volt size than 12 volt size for solar use. Is there a golf course nearby?

hth