> 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. This is contrary to my experience with lead acid batteries. Most notable is the one in my truck, which is subjected to repeated shallow discharging and then recharge. Also of note are the special "deep cycle" lead acid batteries for use on such things as trolling motors. These batteries are constructed to take the strain of repeated discharge to low levels and then recharging, while normal car/motorcycle batteries will have shorter lives if drained all the way down. For those buying the small motorcycle batteries for their kayak, you should also take the same care you would for storing a full size battery, such as not sitting it on a concrete floor for any length of time... Woody *************************************************************************** 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 - 16:50:24 PST
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