If a 12v battery went down to 3v, is it toast? Or if it's only happened once can you simply charge it and expect it to operate normally?
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 8:32 PM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > +1 > > Screw LVD. Do you want to risk losing connectivity when the LVD trips > only to have power restored 10 minutes later? If you power is that crappy > that it will trip enough to significantly save your battery you do not have > a large enough battery. > > If you are doing LVD to prevent the chance of a infrequent deep discharge, > it is still a waste of money. Again, more battery is the answer. A deep > discharge once a year is not going to markedly reduce battery life unless > you draw them clear down and leave them discharged for an extended period > of time. > > If you don’t want to put the money into a larger battery, put in telemetry > that is monitored with a PRTG/MRTG type of tool that will send you and > email when things are getting low. Then you can run out with a generator > or perhaps manually turn stuff off via telemetry until power comes back > on. > > I used to be a believer in LVD but not any more. Now, if there is any > chance of keeping things running, I want to keep things running. > > > > *From:* Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 08, 2015 12:49 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Low Voltage Disconnect > > First off I'd suggest getting enough batteries that you wouldn't need an > LVD. > > Second, I'd rather see my batteries lose a bit of life and keep the site > up then have everything go down saving my batteries. > > Tertiary/finally, what equipment do you have now? My regulator cuts off > at 19v and still provides 24v. I figure the batteries are at 9.5v they're > already suuuuper low. > > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 2:44 PM, Christopher Tyler < > ch...@totalhighspeed.net> wrote: > >> Looking for recommendations on a 24v LVD to protect our batteries from >> being drained. >> Anyone have one they recommend? >> >> -- >> Christopher Tyler >> MTCRE/MTCNA/MTCTCE/MTCWE >> Total Highspeed Internet Services >> 417.851.1107 >> >> >
