Surrette battery has just come out w/ their newest product.....AGM
batteries. They also have quite a paper on charging these units. Perhaps
someone at Surrette or their web site has the "Rolls AGM Battery Charging
Instructions" if not contact me off list.TUMP
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-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bell, Steve
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 10:42 AM
To: RE-wrenches
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Charging AGM Batteries
Hi Peter,
At least some AGMs (like the Concorde) can handle very aggressive charging
rates, provided you have good temperature compensation to reduce the
possibility of a thermal runaway.
Also the 14.6 VDC is a little higher than recommended, at least for the
Concorde brand. 14.4 VDC (2.40 V per cell) is the recommended max. BTW,
Concorde has a great Technical manual about their AGMs; much of which
applies to most quality AGMs. You can download it from their web site.
www.concordebattery.com <http://www.concordebattery.com/>
Steve
Steve Bell
Technical Support Specialist
SunWize Technologies, Inc.
#1 Sun Street
Stelle, IL 60919 USA
(815) 256-2222 ext. 23
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www.sunwize.com <http://www.sunwize.com/>
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From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter
Parrish
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 9:33 AM
To: 'RE-wrenches'
Subject: [RE-wrenches] Charging AGM Batteries
I have been told that AGM batteries can withstand pretty aggressive charging
rates, with a bulk rate being ½ of C/20. For example a MK 8A8D, with a C/20
of 245 A-h, would start with 122 A. If this is okay, can I still use the
standard 14.6 V value for switching from Bulk to Absorb? What about ambient
temperature effects at high charge rates?
We have need from time to time to charge AGMs as quickly as we can safely do
so, so any information on high charge rates would be appreciated.
- Peter
Peter T. Parrish, Ph.D., President
California Solar Engineering, Inc.
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