| Reasons Why Solar Or Inverter Batteries Fail by Nobody: 2:27pm On Jan 16, 2017 |
Solar batteries have become more costly no thanks to the exchange rate yet they remain the only sustainable solution to erratic power supply. Fuel landing cost recently hit N145 so the government is obviously subsidizing. With the current situation in the country govt may not subsidize for long. So how do you buy an expensive battery and not have it last for a very long time? It ought to. If you know the reasons why your solar battery didnt last long you would have prevented it. Below are the top reasons why solar batteries fail: 1. Full or near Full discharge: Every solar battery has a number of cycles it can go. A cycle is simply charge and discharge. The depth to which you discharge your battery and charge them up affect this cycle. So if you have a battery with 1600cycles at 50% depth of discharge and 1900 cycles at 30% depth of discharge. The man who discharge only to about 30% will have his battery last longer. Heavy depth of discharge leads to sulfation of the battery. A sulfated battery is a dead battery. To simplify this grammar. Dont discharge your battery to the extent they go dead or about to go dead before recharging. This explains why batteries that are charged only from inverters dont last long. 2. Charging with petrol generators. Batteries require stable frequency to effectively charge well. Most of these petrol generators dont have stable frequecny. This can easily be proven by getting an incandescent bulb. Power it from the generator and watch how it flickers visibly in the eye. Actually every bulb is flickering when put on but at stable 50hz the human would not notice. So if you able to notice a flicker it simply means the frequency of your gen is not stable. Charging batteries with this gen leads to sulfation. A bigger diesel generator however may charge batteries well if not faulty. 3. Over Charging and heat Over charging batteries or heat causes the battery plates to break down or distort making them to come in contact the result of which makes a 12v battery become 10v. When this happens the battery has suffered sulfation. TO UNDERSTAND HOW BADLY SULFATION AFFECTS BATTERIES READ THE POST BELOW http://vtsolarenergy.com.ng/blog/sulfation-consequences-and-how-to-minimise-it/ 1 Like |
| Re: Reasons Why Solar Or Inverter Batteries Fail by ajaolu(m): 3:56pm On Jan 16, 2017 |
What do you mean by this
"This explains why batteries that are charged only from inverters dont last long.
2. Charging with petrol generators.
Batteries require stable frequency to effective"
Shouldn't batteries be charges from Inverters only provide the inverter has auto charging facility?
Another question I would like you to answer; should I worry about discharging the battery too much since my imported inverter has auto shutdown when battery is low? If yes, what is the depth of discharge (DOD) of an typical inverter (though I think it can vary based on manufacturer) with auto shutdown on low battery.
Also what is the the corresponding voltage of 30% and 50% depth of discharge of a 12 volt lead acid battery? |
| Re: Reasons Why Solar Or Inverter Batteries Fail by Nobody: 10:23pm On Jan 16, 2017 |
ajaolu:
What do you mean by this
"This explains why batteries that are charged only from inverters dont last long.
2. Charging with petrol generators.
Batteries require stable frequency to effective"
Shouldn't batteries be charges from Inverters only provide the inverter has auto charging facility?
Another question I would like you to answer; should I worry about discharging the battery too much since my imported inverter has auto shutdown when battery is low? If yes, what is the depth of discharge (DOD) of an typical inverter (though I think it can vary based on manufacturer) with auto shutdown on low battery.
Also what is the the corresponding voltage of 30% and 50% depth of discharge of a 12 volt lead acid battery? 1. Due to very epileptic power supply. Those who use only their inverter as charging source tend to keep using power from the battery till the battery almost goes flat. This simply means their depth of discharge is almost 100%. This is not good for the battery. 2. Smaller generators do not have stable frequency neither are their voltages stable. Battery by their design are meant to charge with stable frequency with little or no fluctuations. 3. Most inverters now come with trickle float voltage charging. This implies that at full battery voltage the inverter reduces its charging current to the barest minimum and does not necessarily cut of charging. This is good for the battery. By overcharging we mean supplying excess current. If you have a 15batt 200ah setup of 180v using 12v battery and u use 60A charging current on it. That is over charging. The battery bank is 200ah and hence about 10% of the bank is enough to charge it. 4. However if your inverter has auto shutdown then you are fine. Depth of Discharge is supplied by the manufacturer. Sadly this info is not seen from most brands here in Nigeria but if you buy a reputable brand of battery you can get that info online. |
| Re: Reasons Why Solar Or Inverter Batteries Fail by Nobody: 9:23am On Jan 17, 2017 |
VtSolarEnergy:
Solar batteries have become more costly no thanks to the exchange rate yet they remain the only sustainable solution to erratic power supply. Fuel landing cost recently hit N145 so the government is obviously subsidizing. With the current situation in the country govt may not subsidize for long. So how do you buy an expensive battery and not have it last for a very long time? It ought to. If you know the reasons why your solar battery didnt last long you would have prevented it.
Below are the top reasons why solar batteries fail:
1. Full or near Full discharge:
Every solar battery has a number of cycles it can go. A cycle is simply charge and discharge. The depth to which you discharge your battery and charge them up affect this cycle. So if you have a battery with 1600cycles at 50% depth of discharge and 1900 cycles at 30% depth of discharge. The man who discharge only to about 30% will have his battery last longer. Heavy depth of discharge leads to sulfation of the battery. A sulfated battery is a dead battery.
To simplify this grammar. Dont discharge your battery to the extent they go dead or about to go dead before recharging. This explains why batteries that are charged only from inverters dont last long.
2. Charging with petrol generators.
Batteries require stable frequency to effectively charge well. Most of these petrol generators dont have stable frequecny. This can easily be proven by getting an incandescent bulb. Power it from the generator and watch how it flickers visibly in the eye. Actually every bulb is flickering when put on but at stable 50hz the human would not notice. So if you able to notice a flicker it simply means the frequency of your gen is not stable. Charging batteries with this gen leads to sulfation. A bigger diesel generator however may charge batteries well if not faulty.
3. Over Charging and heat
Over charging batteries or heat causes the battery plates to break down or distort making them to come in contact the result of which makes a 12v battery become 10v. When this happens the battery has suffered sulfation.
TO UNDERSTAND HOW BADLY SULFATION AFFECTS BATTERIES READ THE POST BELOW
http://vtsolarenergy.com.ng/blog/sulfation-consequences-and-how-to-minimise-it/ |
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| Re: Reasons Why Solar Or Inverter Batteries Fail by Nobody: 3:32pm On Jan 22, 2017 |
VtSolarEnergy:
Solar batteries have become more costly no thanks to the exchange rate yet they remain the only sustainable solution to erratic power supply. Fuel landing cost recently hit N145 so the government is obviously subsidizing. With the current situation in the country govt may not subsidize for long. So how do you buy an expensive battery and not have it last for a very long time? It ought to. If you know the reasons why your solar battery didnt last long you would have prevented it.
Below are the top reasons why solar batteries fail:
1. Full or near Full discharge:
Every solar battery has a number of cycles it can go. A cycle is simply charge and discharge. The depth to which you discharge your battery and charge them up affect this cycle. So if you have a battery with 1600cycles at 50% depth of discharge and 1900 cycles at 30% depth of discharge. The man who discharge only to about 30% will have his battery last longer. Heavy depth of discharge leads to sulfation of the battery. A sulfated battery is a dead battery.
To simplify this grammar. Dont discharge your battery to the extent they go dead or about to go dead before recharging. This explains why batteries that are charged only from inverters dont last long.
2. Charging with petrol generators.
Batteries require stable frequency to effectively charge well. Most of these petrol generators dont have stable frequecny. This can easily be proven by getting an incandescent bulb. Power it from the generator and watch how it flickers visibly in the eye. Actually every bulb is flickering when put on but at stable 50hz the human would not notice. So if you able to notice a flicker it simply means the frequency of your gen is not stable. Charging batteries with this gen leads to sulfation. A bigger diesel generator however may charge batteries well if not faulty.
3. Over Charging and heat
Over charging batteries or heat causes the battery plates to break down or distort making them to come in contact the result of which makes a 12v battery become 10v. When this happens the battery has suffered sulfation.
TO UNDERSTAND HOW BADLY SULFATION AFFECTS BATTERIES READ THE POST BELOW
http://vtsolarenergy.com.ng/blog/sulfation-consequences-and-how-to-minimise-it/ |
| Re: Reasons Why Solar Or Inverter Batteries Fail by Nobody: 4:51pm On Jan 25, 2017 |
VtSolarEnergy:
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Solar batteries have become more costly no thanks to the exchange rate yet they remain the only sustainable solution to erratic power supply. Fuel landing cost recently hit N145 so the government is obviously subsidizing. With the current situation in the country govt may not subsidize for long. So how do you buy an expensive battery and not have it last for a very long time? It ought to. If you know the reasons why your solar battery didnt last long you would have prevented it.
Below are the top reasons why solar batteries fail:
1. Full or near Full discharge:
Every solar battery has a number of cycles it can go. A cycle is simply charge and discharge. The depth to which you discharge your battery and charge them up affect this cycle. So if you have a battery with 1600cycles at 50% depth of discharge and 1900 cycles at 30% depth of discharge. The man who discharge only to about 30% will have his battery last longer. Heavy depth of discharge leads to sulfation of the battery. A sulfated battery is a dead battery.
To simplify this grammar. Dont discharge your battery to the extent they go dead or about to go dead before recharging. This explains why batteries that are charged only from inverters dont last long.
2. Charging with petrol generators.
Batteries require stable frequency to effectively charge well. Most of these petrol generators dont have stable frequecny. This can easily be proven by getting an incandescent bulb. Power it from the generator and watch how it flickers visibly in the eye. Actually every bulb is flickering when put on but at stable 50hz the human would not notice. So if you able to notice a flicker it simply means the frequency of your gen is not stable. Charging batteries with this gen leads to sulfation. A bigger diesel generator however may charge batteries well if not faulty.
3. Over Charging and heat
Over charging batteries or heat causes the battery plates to break down or distort making them to come in contact the result of which makes a 12v battery become 10v. When this happens the battery has suffered sulfation.
TO UNDERSTAND HOW BADLY SULFATION AFFECTS BATTERIES READ THE POST BELOW
http://vtsolarenergy.com.ng/blog/sulfation-consequences-and-how-to-minimise-it/ |
| Re: Reasons Why Solar Or Inverter Batteries Fail by Nobody: 7:39am On Jan 29, 2017 |
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| Re: Reasons Why Solar Or Inverter Batteries Fail by Nobody: 8:44pm On Jan 30, 2017 |
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| Re: Reasons Why Solar Or Inverter Batteries Fail by Nobody: 8:41pm On Jan 31, 2017 |
VtSolarEnergy:
Solar batteries have become more costly no thanks to the exchange rate yet they remain the only sustainable solution to erratic power supply. Fuel landing cost recently hit N145 so the government is obviously subsidizing. With the current situation in the country govt may not subsidize for long. So how do you buy an expensive battery and not have it last for a very long time? It ought to. If you know the reasons why your solar battery didnt last long you would have prevented it.
Below are the top reasons why solar batteries fail:
1. Full or near Full discharge:
Every solar battery has a number of cycles it can go. A cycle is simply charge and discharge. The depth to which you discharge your battery and charge them up affect this cycle. So if you have a battery with 1600cycles at 50% depth of discharge and 1900 cycles at 30% depth of discharge. The man who discharge only to about 30% will have his battery last longer. Heavy depth of discharge leads to sulfation of the battery. A sulfated battery is a dead battery.
To simplify this grammar. Dont discharge your battery to the extent they go dead or about to go dead before recharging. This explains why batteries that are charged only from inverters dont last long.
2. Charging with petrol generators.
Batteries require stable frequency to effectively charge well. Most of these petrol generators dont have stable frequecny. This can easily be proven by getting an incandescent bulb. Power it from the generator and watch how it flickers visibly in the eye. Actually every bulb is flickering when put on but at stable 50hz the human would not notice. So if you able to notice a flicker it simply means the frequency of your gen is not stable. Charging batteries with this gen leads to sulfation. A bigger diesel generator however may charge batteries well if not faulty.
3. Over Charging and heat
Over charging batteries or heat causes the battery plates to break down or distort making them to come in contact the result of which makes a 12v battery become 10v. When this happens the battery has suffered sulfation.
TO UNDERSTAND HOW BADLY SULFATION AFFECTS BATTERIES READ THE POST BELOW
http://vtsolarenergy.com.ng/blog/sulfation-consequences-and-how-to-minimise-it/ |
| Re: Reasons Why Solar Or Inverter Batteries Fail by Nobody: 8:59pm On Feb 03, 2017 |
VtSolarEnergy:
Solar batteries have become more costly no thanks to the exchange rate yet they remain the only sustainable solution to erratic power supply. Fuel landing cost recently hit N145 so the government is obviously subsidizing. With the current situation in the country govt may not subsidize for long. So how do you buy an expensive battery and not have it last for a very long time? It ought to. If you know the reasons why your solar battery didnt last long you would have prevented it.
Below are the top reasons why solar batteries fail:
1. Full or near Full discharge:
Every solar battery has a number of cycles it can go. A cycle is simply charge and discharge. The depth to which you discharge your battery and charge them up affect this cycle. So if you have a battery with 1600cycles at 50% depth of discharge and 1900 cycles at 30% depth of discharge. The man who discharge only to about 30% will have his battery last longer. Heavy depth of discharge leads to sulfation of the battery. A sulfated battery is a dead battery.
To simplify this grammar. Dont discharge your battery to the extent they go dead or about to go dead before recharging. This explains why batteries that are charged only from inverters dont last long.
2. Charging with petrol generators.
Batteries require stable frequency to effectively charge well. Most of these petrol generators dont have stable frequecny. This can easily be proven by getting an incandescent bulb. Power it from the generator and watch how it flickers visibly in the eye. Actually every bulb is flickering when put on but at stable 50hz the human would not notice. So if you able to notice a flicker it simply means the frequency of your gen is not stable. Charging batteries with this gen leads to sulfation. A bigger diesel generator however may charge batteries well if not faulty.
3. Over Charging and heat
Over charging batteries or heat causes the battery plates to break down or distort making them to come in contact the result of which makes a 12v battery become 10v. When this happens the battery has suffered sulfation.
TO UNDERSTAND HOW BADLY SULFATION AFFECTS BATTERIES READ THE POST BELOW
http://vtsolarenergy.com.ng/blog/sulfation-consequences-and-how-to-minimise-it/ [quote author=VtSolarEnergy post=53304589][/quote] |
| Re: Reasons Why Solar Or Inverter Batteries Fail by Nobody: 7:13pm On Feb 07, 2017 |
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| Re: Reasons Why Solar Or Inverter Batteries Fail by Nobody: 9:59am On Feb 09, 2017 |
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| Re: Reasons Why Solar Or Inverter Batteries Fail by Nobody: 6:49pm On Feb 13, 2017 |
VtSolarEnergy:
Solar batteries have become more costly no thanks to the exchange rate yet they remain the only sustainable solution to erratic power supply. Fuel landing cost recently hit N145 so the government is obviously subsidizing. With the current situation in the country govt may not subsidize for long. So how do you buy an expensive battery and not have it last for a very long time? It ought to. If you know the reasons why your solar battery didnt last long you would have prevented it.
Below are the top reasons why solar batteries fail:
1. Full or near Full discharge:
Every solar battery has a number of cycles it can go. A cycle is simply charge and discharge. The depth to which you discharge your battery and charge them up affect this cycle. So if you have a battery with 1600cycles at 50% depth of discharge and 1900 cycles at 30% depth of discharge. The man who discharge only to about 30% will have his battery last longer. Heavy depth of discharge leads to sulfation of the battery. A sulfated battery is a dead battery.
To simplify this grammar. Dont discharge your battery to the extent they go dead or about to go dead before recharging. This explains why batteries that are charged only from inverters dont last long.
2. Charging with petrol generators.
Batteries require stable frequency to effectively charge well. Most of these petrol generators dont have stable frequecny. This can easily be proven by getting an incandescent bulb. Power it from the generator and watch how it flickers visibly in the eye. Actually every bulb is flickering when put on but at stable 50hz the human would not notice. So if you able to notice a flicker it simply means the frequency of your gen is not stable. Charging batteries with this gen leads to sulfation. A bigger diesel generator however may charge batteries well if not faulty.
3. Over Charging and heat
Over charging batteries or heat causes the battery plates to break down or distort making them to come in contact the result of which makes a 12v battery become 10v. When this happens the battery has suffered sulfation.
TO UNDERSTAND HOW BADLY SULFATION AFFECTS BATTERIES READ THE POST BELOW
http://vtsolarenergy.com.ng/blog/sulfation-consequences-and-how-to-minimise-it/ |
| Re: Reasons Why Solar Or Inverter Batteries Fail by Nobody: 6:50pm On Feb 13, 2017 |
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| Re: Reasons Why Solar Or Inverter Batteries Fail by Nobody: 8:44pm On Feb 16, 2017 |
VtSolarEnergy:
Solar batteries have become more costly no thanks to the exchange rate yet they remain the only sustainable solution to erratic power supply. Fuel landing cost recently hit N145 so the government is obviously subsidizing. With the current situation in the country govt may not subsidize for long. So how do you buy an expensive battery and not have it last for a very long time? It ought to. If you know the reasons why your solar battery didnt last long you would have prevented it.
Below are the top reasons why solar batteries fail:
1. Full or near Full discharge:
Every solar battery has a number of cycles it can go. A cycle is simply charge and discharge. The depth to which you discharge your battery and charge them up affect this cycle. So if you have a battery with 1600cycles at 50% depth of discharge and 1900 cycles at 30% depth of discharge. The man who discharge only to about 30% will have his battery last longer. Heavy depth of discharge leads to sulfation of the battery. A sulfated battery is a dead battery.
To simplify this grammar. Dont discharge your battery to the extent they go dead or about to go dead before recharging. This explains why batteries that are charged only from inverters dont last long.
2. Charging with petrol generators.
Batteries require stable frequency to effectively charge well. Most of these petrol generators dont have stable frequecny. This can easily be proven by getting an incandescent bulb. Power it from the generator and watch how it flickers visibly in the eye. Actually every bulb is flickering when put on but at stable 50hz the human would not notice. So if you able to notice a flicker it simply means the frequency of your gen is not stable. Charging batteries with this gen leads to sulfation. A bigger diesel generator however may charge batteries well if not faulty.
3. Over Charging and heat
Over charging batteries or heat causes the battery plates to break down or distort making them to come in contact the result of which makes a 12v battery become 10v. When this happens the battery has suffered sulfation.
TO UNDERSTAND HOW BADLY SULFATION AFFECTS BATTERIES READ THE POST BELOW
http://vtsolarenergy.com.ng/blog/sulfation-consequences-and-how-to-minimise-it/ |
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| Re: Reasons Why Solar Or Inverter Batteries Fail by Nobody: 4:10pm On Mar 14, 2017 |
VtSolarEnergy:
Solar batteries have become more costly no thanks to the exchange rate yet they remain the only sustainable solution to erratic power supply. Fuel landing cost recently hit N145 so the government is obviously subsidizing. With the current situation in the country govt may not subsidize for long. So how do you buy an expensive battery and not have it last for a very long time? It ought to. If you know the reasons why your solar battery didnt last long you would have prevented it.
Below are the top reasons why solar batteries fail:
1. Full or near Full discharge:
Every solar battery has a number of cycles it can go. A cycle is simply charge and discharge. The depth to which you discharge your battery and charge them up affect this cycle. So if you have a battery with 1600cycles at 50% depth of discharge and 1900 cycles at 30% depth of discharge. The man who discharge only to about 30% will have his battery last longer. Heavy depth of discharge leads to sulfation of the battery. A sulfated battery is a dead battery.
To simplify this grammar. Dont discharge your battery to the extent they go dead or about to go dead before recharging. This explains why batteries that are charged only from inverters dont last long.
2. Charging with petrol generators.
Batteries require stable frequency to effectively charge well. Most of these petrol generators dont have stable frequecny. This can easily be proven by getting an incandescent bulb. Power it from the generator and watch how it flickers visibly in the eye. Actually every bulb is flickering when put on but at stable 50hz the human would not notice. So if you able to notice a flicker it simply means the frequency of your gen is not stable. Charging batteries with this gen leads to sulfation. A bigger diesel generator however may charge batteries well if not faulty.
3. Over Charging and heat
Over charging batteries or heat causes the battery plates to break down or distort making them to come in contact the result of which makes a 12v battery become 10v. When this happens the battery has suffered sulfation.
TO UNDERSTAND HOW BADLY SULFATION AFFECTS BATTERIES READ THE POST BELOW
http://vtsolarenergy.com.ng/blog/sulfation-consequences-and-how-to-minimise-it/ [quote author=VtSolarEnergy post=53778724][/quote] |
