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Lada425

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Battery ah rate
« on: February 25, 2019, 10:55:12 PM »
Hello guys. I have 4.   6-85-13 batteries rate at 6hr and 20hr ah. The 20hr is 510ah in the spring I will be converting to 24v currently 12v parallel. So would it be roughly 2040ah 24v for bank size?  Reason is thinking of getting two more batts get up to 3000ah ish.   current batteries are two years old only see use on weekends so not a lot of cycles  dam cold up here in Canuck land  thanks for any advise
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Re: Battery ah rate
« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2019, 12:21:43 AM »
If you have 4 12 Volt, 510 Ah batteries in parallel, it gives you a bank of 12 Volt, 2040 Ah.

The same 4 batteries in series/parallel to make a 24 Volt bank, gives you 1020 Ah at 24 Volt.

The total available energy will be the same; around 24 kWh... :)

If the batteries are in a cold place, do make sure that the charger temperature compensates... And if they are seldom cycled, try to run an equalize now and then... ;)
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Re: Battery ah rate
« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2019, 07:44:13 AM »
Hello thanks  lol assbackswards I had   Right now in winter I eq about every two weeks  try keep around 15.5-6v for about 10 mins for a few times  Solar array puts out 35-38 amps
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