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magic1

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battery question?
« on: January 08, 2008, 04:26:38 pm »
 i run a 2 man van. use 3 110 lesiure battery 2 run 2 pumps. i use batt 1. next day use batt 2 while batt 1 is on charge and so forth. batteries only seem to last 6mths before cells start to 'give up the ghost'. good jobs the bats are under guarntee 4 2yr. am i using the wrong batts?

Jon-scwindows

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Re: battery question?
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2008, 04:32:10 pm »
if thats 110aH batteries then they should last 2-3 days 1 on its own, before charging again, my 45ah gel battery lasts 2 days before charging.
i dont think theres anything wrong with the batteries, but how are you charging them? do you leave it on overnight, as you may well be overcharging them each time you do charge because overnight charging will put more into it that it needs, which can damage them. Or do you use a charger that stops when charged?

magic1

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Re: battery question?
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2008, 04:56:58 pm »
charge them overnite. not sure if charger stops when batt full. will check. thanks.

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Re: battery question?
« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2008, 05:32:13 pm »
my batterys still going had 3 years charge it every 4/5 days
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Elginn

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Re: battery question? New
« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2008, 06:03:05 pm »
If your deep dis-charging your batteries, before a recharge, this will give you a shorter battery life.

What type of charger are you useing?

Wayne Thomas

Re: battery question?
« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2008, 06:05:46 pm »
i run a 2 man van. use 3 110 lesiure battery 2 run 2 pumps. i use batt 1. next day use batt 2 while batt 1 is on charge and so forth. batteries only seem to last 6mths before cells start to 'give up the ghost'. good jobs the bats are under guarntee 4 2yr. am i using the wrong batts?

You must be overcharging the batteries. Get a decent battery charger that doesn't cook your batteries to death :)