[ausev] Cold weather and lead acid batteries

[Erik]

Lead acid batteries don't have a memory, but all of the onboard charging and
monitoring built into the truck sure might.

Erik

On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Mark Farver <mfarver at mindbent.org> wrote:

> 2008/11/22 Claire Sorenson <csorenson1 at austin.rr.com>:
> > I called Blue Sky motors last week. They said that I should run the truck
> to
> > near complete discharge every two weeks.  They said if I do a lot of
> small
> > partial charges that it will cause it to charge less and less.  I have
> been
> > aware of batteries in phones and other small electrical items having to
> be
> > fully discharged so it doesn't create a "charge memory", but I didn't
> think
> > that this applied to lead acid batteries.
>
> Lead Acid batteries do not suffer from a memory effect (the effect is
> actually pretty rare in NiCad too).  Full discharge cycles are bad for
> Lead batteries, the deeper you discharge them the shorter their
> lifespan will be.  Don't take their advice.=
>
> Mark
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