Hello, I just bought a 200AH gel battery the other day and as I was carrying it down to the house, when I wanted to put it down on the floor I let it fall quicker than I would have liked on the tiles (from about 1 foot). It landed on it's bottom but it was still in my hands the whole time and I softened the blow.
To be honest the impact wasnt that strong but there was a definite impact and the battery does weigh 130 pounds. Thankfully there is no external damage at all. I tried the battery and it works. It's connected to 450w worth of solar panels (it was reasonably sunny) and I applied a 250w load on it and the voltage dropped from 12.8 to 12.1 gradually within less than 5 mins while still under load. It didn't drop past 12.1 after that with the same load still applied.
Does that sound ok? Thanks.
To be honest the impact wasnt that strong but there was a definite impact and the battery does weigh 130 pounds. Thankfully there is no external damage at all. I tried the battery and it works. It's connected to 450w worth of solar panels (it was reasonably sunny) and I applied a 250w load on it and the voltage dropped from 12.8 to 12.1 gradually within less than 5 mins while still under load. It didn't drop past 12.1 after that with the same load still applied.
Does that sound ok? Thanks.
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