Query on my battery bank's state of charge
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You can get a fancy meter that counts watts in and watts out, and if you use the right loss factor in the meter, you can get pretty close, but after a couple months watching a volt meter, you can figure in your mind, what the SOC is from the voltage. With my bank, (NiFe, not lead acid) I run the generator at 52V. Happy at 60V and full after absorb at 67V -
Bummer. I thought that would be the case but was hoping otherwise.
Thanks.
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Unfortunately a sealed battery's SOC can't be measured using a hydrometer. So the only way to get an estimated SOC value is to measure the voltage after the battery has been resting for more than a few hours after charging. An even then it is just an estimated value.Leave a comment:
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"If you want to know your batteries SOC, read it with a hydrometer"
Is that possible on an SLA battery?
I too am looking for a way to more accurately know my battery's SOC.
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Is there a question? If you want to know your batteries SOC, read it with a hydrometer.Leave a comment:
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The only true way to tell state of charge accurately is to use a refractometer.. everything else is pretty much just an estimate based on external values and established constants.. Hydrometers can get you very close, but a refractometer is better. Of course, with a sealed battery, using either meter to test acid levels is not practical.
I'm not sure about your wizbang device, but it might have a setting for battery voltage or need some kind of calibration. A lot of systems out there perform their own self-calibration based upon the first full charge/discharge cycle.
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Query on my battery bank's state of charge
Hi all,
It's been a while since I was here and thanks to those that helped with giving me advice. I've got my solar power system up and running in the last 2 days but I was wondering if someone could help me clarify a question I have about my battery's SOC.
This is my system which I'm testing with x2 100W 12V panels:
24V battery bank (x2 100Ah 12V Casil sealed lead-acid batteries)
MidNite Classic 200
Victron Phoenix inverter 24v 1200W (not running it anywhere near full capacity)
x2 100W 12V solar panels
The advice I received was that the majority of first-timers are going to ruin their batteries - so these two were picked up new but on the cheap (someone was moving so I got a good deal). Last time I was told that these were primarily for telecommunication purposes and not to expect too much out of them. I figured they would be good to learn on.
In the Classic I entered that the battery was 100Ah and 24V. I have a Whiz Bang Jr linked to the classic and when I set it up it showed me that the SOC was 100% - this surprised me because the voltage (with only the classic being powered) was 24.2V. I had in my mind around 12.7V = 100% for each battery in the series giving 25.2V or so if full.
This is the link to the battery pdf http://www.casilbattery.com/products...ductId=83.html
Also I'm using the default bulk, float and equalize on the midnite (28.6V, 27.2V, 28.6V respectively) - if anyone has any suggestions based on that pdf, I'm all ears. Thanks!
This image shows the MidNite panel - it was under a small load at this point.
Capture.jpgLast edited by DavidH; 10-22-2020, 07:57 PM.
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