Yeah, that is one thing that got me hooked when I first tested them. You should have seen it. I was hitting an Odyssey with about 1C charge current, with temp probes hooked up, IR laser pointer thermometer, bucket of sand ready, faceshield. All I was missing was a klaxon. Kinda' disappointed that there was NO drama, and only about a 5F degree rise above ambient. Fortunately, no hot spots.
Test 2 was pumping 5A into a teeny Cyclon 12v/5ah monobloc from an 85w panel/controller. Again, no drama but boy it sure looks unsafe! Doing that to a standard Powersonic agm would have been game over.
Just options. But yes, the absolute most expensive agm is not an Odyssey - it is one made out of Hawker Cyclons. Same stuff, but wow. You really are looking at Lifepo4 parity. (I'm trying not to sneak that in every message thread, but can't resist on this one solely from an options standpoint.)
Test 2 was pumping 5A into a teeny Cyclon 12v/5ah monobloc from an 85w panel/controller. Again, no drama but boy it sure looks unsafe! Doing that to a standard Powersonic agm would have been game over.
Just options. But yes, the absolute most expensive agm is not an Odyssey - it is one made out of Hawker Cyclons. Same stuff, but wow. You really are looking at Lifepo4 parity. (I'm trying not to sneak that in every message thread, but can't resist on this one solely from an options standpoint.)
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