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Hi everyone,
Recently the front cell in the pic has pushed the grommets around the terminals up, ( I have pushed them back down) when i cleaned the terminals one of the posts is loose inside the battery so not good.
These will have been in service for nine years this coming july, which equates to their states life of cycles @ 30% discharge.
They are still holding well but obviously this one cell could fail any time.
The system is 24V, these are excide energy store 4RP1800.
They are fine apart from we live in the tropics and they use a lot of water, i have cut back charge rates as far as i feel comfortable.
Sonnenschein have a Gel battery that has similar specs to mine at the C10 rate. Sonnenschein 12 OPzV 1200 2V 1200Ah battery
Prices online show that they would cost about 30% more than the excides.
I would be happy to pay more for a maintenance free option.
So my question is "Are gel batteries a good option for use in a tropical climate"
Cheers
Hi everyone,
Recently the front cell in the pic has pushed the grommets around the terminals up, ( I have pushed them back down) when i cleaned the terminals one of the posts is loose inside the battery so not good.
These will have been in service for nine years this coming july, which equates to their states life of cycles @ 30% discharge.
They are still holding well but obviously this one cell could fail any time.
The system is 24V, these are excide energy store 4RP1800.
They are fine apart from we live in the tropics and they use a lot of water, i have cut back charge rates as far as i feel comfortable.
Sonnenschein have a Gel battery that has similar specs to mine at the C10 rate. Sonnenschein 12 OPzV 1200 2V 1200Ah battery
Prices online show that they would cost about 30% more than the excides.
I would be happy to pay more for a maintenance free option.
So my question is "Are gel batteries a good option for use in a tropical climate"
Cheers
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