1: A battery’s depth of discharge (DoD) refers to how deeply it has been discharged. To ensure that your battery lasts as long as possible, make sure you don’t over-discharge it. If you fully discharge a battery only once, you can cause irreversible damage, and if you discharge it 100% frequently, you will shorten its lifespan. Thus, a 3 or 4-year battery may only last you one or two years.
Regardless of the type of battery, you are using. When you hear your power inverter’s low battery alarm, turn it off. Do not allow your power inverter to shut off on its own.
2: Battery cycles can have a major impact on battery life. It is harmful to the battery’s longevity to keep it fully charged for extended periods without using it.
A fully depleted battery can also reduce its ability to hold a charge if you leave it sitting for a long time without charging. Performing regular battery cycles will extend the life of your battery.
3: Incorrect charging is a major cause of inverter battery failure. In the market, there are many batteries with different chemistry, as well as guidelines on how they should be handled and charged.
While some chargers damage batteries as they charge them, others heal and repair them as they charge, there is a significant difference between a high-quality battery charger and a low-cost battery charger that, if used incorrectly, might destroy your battery. (Whenever possible, use an inverter)
4: When two or more batteries are connected in series, installing a battery equalizer system is an inexpensive way to extend the life of your batteries. Battery equalizers are easy to install and maintain, so they are an excellent investment for inverter batteries.
AGM, Tubular and Lithium batteries can all benefit from battery equalizers because they can maintain a state of equilibrium for extended periods of time.
NOTE: You should not use a battery equalizer with deep-cycle GEL batteries. Equilibrating GEL batteries will cause permanent damage.
5: Temperature greatly affects the life of a battery. Temperature swings affect all batteries, no matter what type they are, tall tubular, AGM, GEL or lithium battery. Generally, inverter batteries should be charged and maintained between 50-95 degrees Fahrenheit, or 10-35 degrees Celsius.
In order to maintain its life, a battery should not be exposed to extreme temperatures – hot or cold -. Battery life and efficiency are significantly reduced by extreme temperatures, which stress the battery.
6: When using lead-acid deep cycle batteries the faster the rate of discharge, the lower the capacity of the battery. A battery bank should be correctly sized for the load it is intended to carry. Using the incorrect size battery bank will result in performance problems.
Deposition of lead sulfate crystals is the main cause of lead-acid battery degradation and early death.
7: Utilize energy-saving technologies to reduce the power you draw from your inverter batteries. A conventional bulb uses 75 per cent more energy than a CFL or LED. A ceiling fan with superior copper wire uses less energy than one with poor copper winding (poor copper winding increases resistance and increases the load on inverters).
8: Make sure your battery terminals are free of corrosion and rust which lowers the performance of your battery and reduces the current flow. As a result, battery life is lessened and backup times are shorter.
9: For optimal performance and lifespan. Do not mix batteries of different ages, types or sizes. For example you should not mix flooded and sealed lead acid batteries because the charge profiles of both of these are slightly different.
You should change the entire battery bank, with new batteries, Individual batteries shouldn’t be replaced, since they would be out of balance with the older ones.
NOTE: We waste good money when we mix old and new.
10: Wet cell batteries need to be topped up regularly with Distilled water. You should never fill a battery with normal water. It will damage it and if you don’t top up at the appropriate time and with the proper amount, your battery’s performance and lifespan will suffer.
Distilled water should always be added after the battery has been completely charged.
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