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Old 07-24-2019, 07:56 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by caltexflanc View Post
Life span ios a function of discharge cycles as a function mostly of total amp hours out and secondarily depth of individual discharges as a percentage of capacity, not years.
Using the 500 cycle life standard I should have lots of life left, but I think age will outweigh cycles. My guess is you could get those 500 cycles if you did it in 5 or 6 years. After the years builds up, age degradation eats away at the available cycles. I estimate that we have about 40 discharge/charge cycles a year. The discharge is 220 amphrs or about 25% of the 940 amphr bank.
As a side note, when I was a pup I was a Nuke Electrician on a submarine. A big part of that job was battery maintenance.
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