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Title: SLA chargin
Post by: sexymexi on October 27, 2003, 12:22:50 AM

i've just been runnin my sla this weekend, and i was wondering, should i de-charge it before charging it full?  i figured yes, but i thought i should ask.  anyone's help is appreciated.

matt

Title: Re:SLA chargin
Post by: dklein on October 27, 2003, 04:08:10 AM

Definitely not.  SLAs are like car batteries - full discharge bad for battery life.  You might be thinking of NiCads.

Title: Re:SLA chargin
Post by: sexymexi on October 28, 2003, 05:50:13 PM

but how do you regulate power in the battery for charging, specifically so you don't cook the battery and destroy it?

Title: Re:SLA chargin
Post by: gonads on October 28, 2003, 06:23:26 PM

your charger should do this for you

Title: Re:SLA chargin
Post by: sexymexi on October 28, 2003, 06:33:55 PM

as far as i know it doesn't have nhythingo n it that will tell me if its done, its a real simple charger, so...   would i have to see what amperage its pushin, and then guess the tiem from there to full charge??

Title: Re:SLA chargin
Post by: DaryanLenz on October 28, 2003, 09:15:12 PM

Quite frankly, I don't care what you have heard, in actual expereince I have left batts plugged in for weeks at a time without any problems, as well as draining the old crap out of them with no problems either.  Honestkly Matt, with the ps you have got going, I wouldn't ever worry about fully discharging that batt, as there is no way you wil ever drain it to the extent to which you are talking about.

I can't wait for friday!!!!  My five month moe hiatus is OVER!

Daryan