If you are new to using a solar battery Gold Coast and renewable energy, you have come to the right place. There are different types of solar energy systems that you can choose for your home or business. Now that you have already chosen your solar batteries, you will want to take good care of them to prolong their lifespan. Taking great care of your batteries is one of the best ways to increase the durability of your batteries and reduce the cost of your solar system.
If your batteries are poorly treated, they can go bad in a few weeks and leave you broke. Read on as we break down how to take care of and maintain your batteries.
Check the fluid level you should do this for unsealed batteries only as they are flooded lead acid batteries. You need to open the cap of your battery and look inside. Add distilled water into the battery cells so that no lead surfaces are visible. A lot of batteries have a fill line that indicates where the level should be. Do not overfill your solar batteries.
Checking the charge level
It is important to determine the depth of discharge and start of charge by checking the gravity and voltage of your solar battery. Use a gravity table to determine the state of charge. If your batteries are 6 volts instead of 12 volts, divide the voltage by two. This should also apply to 24-volt batteries.
If you don’t monitor these factors properly, your battery will undergo sulfation. If this happens, you could overcharge the battery, and overcharging can damage it costing you more money to buy a new battery from your solar company.
Charging batteries
Off-grid solar homeowners should have a good idea about the charging cycle of solar batteries. There are 3 charging phases: bulk, float and absorption. You need to know the basics about these three phases.
Float charging is also known as trickle charging and it consists of charging the battery at the same rate as discharging. This keeps the battery fully charged. On the other hand, bulk charging happens when you charge a discharged battery and allow the voltage to rise towards the maximum permissible level. The bulk step is followed by the absorption charging where voltage is held constant at a maximum level.
If you install an adjustable controller for your battery charge, you will have to set your bulk, float and absorption charging voltages. You should ensure that they are the same as those that the manufacturer recommends. For your solar systems, the time in which there is charging from your solar panels can be too short to go through absorption and bulk phases. If this is the case then you can get away with setting the two phases at the same voltages.
Cleaning solar batteries
Your solar battery Gold Coast should be kept clean. Battery terminals should be cleaned regularly with a mixture of distilled water and baking soda using a terminal cleaner brush. Rinse the terminals with distilled water and ensure the connections are tight.
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