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john (192.9.25.11)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, September 28, 2001 - 12:55 am: | |
I'm researching my electrical system and have a few battery questions. Do I need to isolate gel cell batteries from other components like I would with lead-acids? What, if anything, can go in the same compartment as the gel cells? Must the seal between the battery and other compartments be air-tight? Should I ventilate directly out the bottom of the bay, or can I use some kind of hose or duct?
Thanks,
John |
FAST FRED (63.215.235.213)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, September 28, 2001 - 5:48 am: | |
The problem is gel cells frequently dont have the same voltage at the finish of the charging cycle.
Usually the wet cells finish higher than the gel cells can handle .
Unless somthing fancy is done , they get ruined on the first overcharge.
FAST FRED |
DrEd (63.14.187.207)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, September 28, 2001 - 8:46 am: | |
John, one of the nice things about Gel Cel Batteries is that they do not gas like the wet cell batts when charging. If you use a good three stage charger you should never experience gassing. I use the Trace 2440 inverter which also provides three stages of charging for the batteries. Have had them for two years now with no problems. You can put them in areas where you should never put wet cell batteries because they don't gas under normal conditions. I have mine in the same compartment with the inverter. I set the bulk and float charge to the recommendations on the battery |
john (192.9.25.11)
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DrEd,
Thanks... I'm planning something like your setup... want a good multi-stage charger built in to the inverter. I was hoping to be able to do something like what you're doing -- put batteries and inverter in same compart. Does Trace recommend this configuration?
BTW, is your system 12V or 24V?
Thanks,
John |
DrEd (63.14.187.130)
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The Trace 2440 is a 24 volt DC input with 110 Volt AC output up to 4000 watts. I haven't read about Trace making recommendations on Batt and inverter location. |