----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Treby" > In the first six months of use, I didn't have to recharge mine. I don't > know how long it takes to discharge in actual use, but I suppose it would be > prudent to recharge it before any big trip. >From many years of experience in powering water level recorders and automatic raingauges with them, we discovered that a sealed lead acid battery is prone to loss of capacity if it is not fully discharged before recharging, as it develops a "memory" and will not go below it. Rather than just recharging, discharge it down to 10.8 volts, then recharge to 13.8 volts, preferably two or three times a year. If it will not discharge to 10.8 volts because of the memory effect, put it through several discharge/charge cycles and it may come right. If one day you have a really bad time out on the water, you might be glad of all the AHr available to you! Allan Singleton Hamilton NZ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Jan 31 2000 - 16:18:15 PST
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