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Hello all, does anybody have some knowledge about the importance of equal battery temperatures?
my setup contains 4 lead-carbon batteries in series, two at the floor and two above that on a shelf.
The two above will be warmed-up by the two below obviously.
The question is how much this is an issue?
thanks in advance!
Lead carbon will be a low resistance AGM battery and more prone to temperature issues. I would definitely recommend that you have temperature measurement on one of the upper batteries as the input to temperature compensation on your charger. I would also have a temperature sensor on the lower batteries. Then make sure your absorption voltage is at the lower end of the manufacturers range and make sure that you have a charger that can go to float when the batteries are full, ideally a shunt on the batteries to control end of absorption by tail current. If you do not charge aggressively then the upper batteries should not be heated by the lower batteries.
No I'm not overcharging, maxmium recommended for my battery is 40A, but in the VE3 configure somehow I was not able to do more than 35A.
Can I tap into you knowledge of the internal battery monitor of an easysolar?
The SOC which I am currently reading does not make any sense.
Should the internal battery monitor be able to do the job? or is an external one (shunt) highly recommended?
The settings on the internal one are minimal, only efficiency and capacity
thanks
Thanks nickdb ! I will get one
Best regards
