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Posted by Ron Rosenfeld on July 6, 2008, 9:46 pm
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>> wrote:
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>> >Ron says 110F. Maybe stick a thermometer in the cells?
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>> I use one of those thermometers that you "aim" at the target. Some have a
>> built-in laser for aiming. So I'm really reading the outside of the case
>> and not the electrolyte itself.
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>> Absent a mfg recommendation, I'm recommending 110°F because Surrette,
>which
>> used to recommend 125°F is now recommending 115°F.
>> --ron
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>Sounds like a good thing to have. I don't think my battery manufacturer
>even gave me temperature specs. I guess you get what you pay for.
>
>I'm using OutBack inverters with RTS (remote temperature sensor) so I've
>never felt any need to take my batteries' temperature. It automatically
>adjusts the voltage up to about 1.4 volts either which-way according to the
>temperature. I don't know what it will do if they ever actually get too
>hot. Now I have to go find out....
>
My understanding is that if they get warm, but within spec, water
consumption goes up. If they get too hot, the plates warp.
I've only seen mine get over 110°F on rare occasions -- and it was during
equalizations without using the battery temperature sensor -- but I was
monitoring things pretty closely.
--ron
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