UPDATE: That week took longer than I thought! Got my hydrometer a month ago and tested the cells. All were within the "Good" range, i.e., 1230 or higher, and some near 1270. Couldn't believe that, and figured I didn't know what I was doing, so I let it go and had my solar guy test them today. Same results. I EQd the batteries today and then re-tested the cells once I was in Float stage. All cells were within 5-10 points of each other and right around 1260-1265. He had reconnected the string of panels that wasn't working (bad connector and not the right size wire) and they worked great -- it was good to see 1800 watts again on a sunny day!
I added water to all the cells after I tested them this afternoon thinking that maybe the readings were high because the water levels were a tad low(no exposed plates, though) thus artificially increasing the SG level since it wasn't diluted enough. Not even sure if that's a thing. Anyway, I'll test the cells again tomorrow evening after it's through cycling tomorrow. Here's hoping for similar results as today.
Dan
I added water to all the cells after I tested them this afternoon thinking that maybe the readings were high because the water levels were a tad low(no exposed plates, though) thus artificially increasing the SG level since it wasn't diluted enough. Not even sure if that's a thing. Anyway, I'll test the cells again tomorrow evening after it's through cycling tomorrow. Here's hoping for similar results as today.
Dan
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