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Re: (ET) Battery University



Maybe they are comparing it to a capacitor ;)

--Charlie

On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 11:54 AM, David Roden (Akron OH USA)
<etpost drmm net> wrote:
> On 3 Feb 2013 at 10:43, David Fancher wrote:
>
>> I came across the "Battery University" website. Some interesting
>> information:
>
> The page on lead battery charging says " Lead acid is sluggish and 
> cannot be
> charged as quickly as other battery systems."  I'm not an electrochemist,
> but I don't see how they can say that.  As long as you monitor its
> temperature, an AGM lead battery can be charged about as fast as it can 
> be
> discharged, as long as you're below 80% SOC.  We're talking thousands of
> amps.  I certainly wouldn't call that "sluggish."
>
>
>
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