So, if allowing a partially discharged battery to sit too long is damaging because the battery builds up sulfate on it's plates, how long is too long?
For example, I'm using sixteen 8 volt flooded batteries. My new commute has my driving 6 gentle miles one way, (resting voltage of about 137v) parking for 12 hours, then returning home, over a route that is 6-9 gentle miles depending on which way I choose to drive for 12-15 miles round trip. I plug in immediately upon returning to home in the evening.
Is 12 hours too long? Am I risking permenant sulfation?
On my last pack, I was driving 15, harder discharging miles one way, but I was charging up immediately upon arrival at my destination, and then charging immediately upon returning home.
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Rich A.
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