| Author | Message | ||
| R.C.Bishop (Chuckllb)
Registered Member Username: Chuckllb Post Number: 1587 Registered: 7-2006 Posted From: 97.212.233.45  Rating: N/A |
.....I posted a few days ago. Question: how does HEAT affect batteries? Thanx, much!  RCB | ||
| les marston (Les_marston)
Registered Member Username: Les_marston Post Number: 368 Registered: 1-2010 Posted From: 68.151.225.213  Rating: N/A |
A battery that is to cold will loose efficiency. Everyone knows that. Heat can also adversely effect a battery as heat can be represented as resistance so it only makes sense that an extremely hot battery will not preform as well as one at a normal ambient temperature. I would assume that you would need to add water much more often and that the plates in the battery would fail a lot sooner. I am not sure if that helps but I would suggest that if you have a battery in an extreme heat condition that moving it or providing some form of cooling, possibly more venting would be a good idea. Remember that batteries live in the engine compartments of a lot of vehicles where there is a lot of heat so you would have to compare that to the situation that your battery is in | ||
| Luvrbus (Luvrbus)
Registered Member Username: Luvrbus Post Number: 1278 Registered: 8-2006 Posted From: 184.10.191.147 Rating: N/A |
The AZ heat will destroy a battery 2 years here is about the max life and makes no difference in price or the construction process I got 3 years from the Lifeline AGM's here if I was lucky good luck | ||
| Jack Fids (Jack_fids)
Registered Member Username: Jack_fids Post Number: 952 Registered: 1-2009 Posted From: 72.211.145.15  Rating: N/A |
I'll support that position...! In Mini-Soda a Die-Hard would last me 4-5 years Arizona....? Try 2-3 and that is with regular maintenance. | ||
| R.C.Bishop (Chuckllb)
Registered Member Username: Chuckllb Post Number: 1588 Registered: 7-2006 Posted From: 70.218.92.251 Rating: N/A |
Well, folks....not talking about climate; rather heat caused by the genset, or other things in the immediate proximity, such as within an enclosure, tight premises, etc. Just trying to get a handle on why a new battery is going "south" so fast. That battery has been "off grid" for a couple of days and is holding the charge fine. (12.86+) Must be something that is causing it to go down when "under load"....???? Something tells me that it could not be good...or? Thanx! RCB | ||
| Dave Walker (Chrome_dome)
Registered Member Username: Chrome_dome Post Number: 393 Registered: 3-2010 Posted From: 75.210.89.77  Rating: N/A |
Mine is in another compartment next to the generator. Heat is heat and will shorten the life. Dave | ||
| joe padberg (Joemc7ab)
Registered Member Username: Joemc7ab Post Number: 565 Registered: 6-2004 Posted From: 66.38.159.33 Rating: N/A |
Chuck I cannot give you a treatise that x percentage shorter life at such and such a temperature but trying to keep the temperature down is something that should be practiced. This is the reason why in some installations the battery compartment has a thermostatically controlled fan that kicks in at the preset high temp setting. We have this in our new bus. Also some charging systems have a temperature sensor mounted on the battery with a feedback loop to the controler/charger to prevent overheating of the batteries. Now if you are happen to live in an oven for the summer, with temps well in excess of a hundred then I guess there is not a whole lot that can be done other than stcking them in a freezer. Then you replacate the conditions that we experience in mid winter. You only freeze them once and it is replacement time. Joe. |