Dick, are the batteries hot or percolating away the electrolyte?

I just installed 700AH of tall golf cart batteries in Lionheart. The
pulse-type automatic cutoff charger has been running full bore for 2
weeks under the load. It would take 70A for 14 hours to charge them
discharged, but this charger is only a tiny 10A "trickle charger" and
we keep turning the lights, radios, etc., on it. I doubt it will ever
switch off. The solar panel adds about 5A for 8 hours on a sunny day
but that's still not much charging power to these monsters.

At 10A there's no gassing at all. I think I heard one of the 6V
beasts laughing at the Guest charger...(c;

If it's not using much water, the battery isn't "hot" (warm is
normal), and there's not a lot of gassing going on.....stop worrying
about it and let it get on with its job.....



Larry W4CSC

3600 planes with transponders are burning 8-10 million
gallons of kerosene per hour over the USA. R-12 car air
conditioners are responsible for the ozone hole, right?