- Sep 7, 2020
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Hi all,
Anyone any idea what could kill my gel batteries in only 18 months?
April last year I changed both batteries as the old AGMs had died - we got 110ah gel batteries from Alpha & they have been absolutely great all year but got to the Lincoln show Thursday (no ehu) & by Friday night they had both dropped to 11v
When the sun comes out they read up to 14v but turn a tap on & they drop like a brick to 12v
I've tried disconnecting one of them to see if it's just one dragging the other down but last night (Saturday) it dropped so low it turned the control panel off & the sun had been shining all day & the only thing plugged in was our 2 phones.
This is virtually the same thing that happened to the last pair of AGM batteries!
The only thing I can think is I tried the inverter (that is wired in) with a coffee machine but it wasn't big enough so turned it off.
It's a 600w pure sine inverter with a remote switch:
Other than that the Lincoln show is great
Any ideas anyone please?
Cheers Chris
Anyone any idea what could kill my gel batteries in only 18 months?
April last year I changed both batteries as the old AGMs had died - we got 110ah gel batteries from Alpha & they have been absolutely great all year but got to the Lincoln show Thursday (no ehu) & by Friday night they had both dropped to 11v
When the sun comes out they read up to 14v but turn a tap on & they drop like a brick to 12v
I've tried disconnecting one of them to see if it's just one dragging the other down but last night (Saturday) it dropped so low it turned the control panel off & the sun had been shining all day & the only thing plugged in was our 2 phones.
This is virtually the same thing that happened to the last pair of AGM batteries!
The only thing I can think is I tried the inverter (that is wired in) with a coffee machine but it wasn't big enough so turned it off.
It's a 600w pure sine inverter with a remote switch:
Other than that the Lincoln show is great
Any ideas anyone please?
Cheers Chris