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Yeah these big deep cycle batteries take a long time to charge, With a 15A or a 26A NOCO by time they have finished doing their equalization mode that can take up to 27 hours, because they fire 1 second pulses of high voltage up to around 15v and until they reach that point they won't go in to standby mode, And if I use the Big Red Wheeled charger on Low = about 9 or 10A max and that will drop down as it charges right down to zero and then that can take up to 12 or 14+ hours to reach it's equalization level,

There is more to charging batteries than just hooking up a charger and going for it, Yes I could charge these 115's at 15/16A and they would reach 95% in about 3 or 4 hours Max But at what cost to the battery Life and storage capacity, So No thanks to that idea,

Until I get a pair of lead crystal batteries I will keep using these batteries in 2 banks of 2 and when I am using 1 set the other can be charging and vice versa,

Since I started doing those fridge tests I have found that you can make your batteries last longer if you Super Cool some canned Drinks and put a layer of them covering the floor of the fridge compartment and then store you food on top of them the fridge will run shorter ON cycles and Longer OFF cycles, This seems to take off about 40 to 70watts off the fridge power usage over a 24 hour period when Hooked up to AC set at 2*c So when this 24hrs is up I will then run the same test using one of the 115 Ah batteries, Baring in mind I am doing this test with the Big ARB 78L Fridge which has the bigger compressor in it. But because the Cans are made of metal they conduct the Cold and keep the fridge sensor at lower temps, Crazy but it seems to be working. :Y:

<blockquote data-quote="Ridge Runner" data-source="post: 512739" data-attributes="member: 3775">Yeah these big deep cycle batteries take a long time to charge, With a 15A or a 26A NOCO by time they have finished doing their equalization mode that can take up to 27 hours, because they fire 1 second pulses of high voltage up to around 15v and until they reach that point they won&#039;t go in to standby mode, And if I use the Big Red Wheeled charger on Low = about 9 or 10A max and that will drop down as it charges right down to zero and then that can take up to 12 or 14+ hours to reach it&#039;s equalization level, There is more to charging batteries than just hooking up a charger and going for it, Yes I could charge these 115&#039;s at 15/16A and they would reach 95% in about 3 or 4 hours Max But at what cost to the battery Life and storage capacity, So No thanks to that idea,Until I get a pair of lead crystal batteries I will keep using these batteries in 2 banks of 2 and when I am using 1 set the other can be charging and vice versa,Since I started doing those fridge tests I have found that you can make your batteries last longer if you Super Cool some canned Drinks and put a layer of them covering the floor of the fridge compartment and then store you food on top of them the fridge will run shorter ON cycles and Longer OFF cycles, This seems to take off about 40 to 70watts off the fridge power usage over a 24 hour period when Hooked up to AC set at 2*c So when this 24hrs is up I will then run the same test using one of the 115 Ah batteries, Baring in mind I am doing this test with the Big ARB 78L Fridge which has the bigger compressor in it. But because the Cans are made of metal they conduct the Cold and keep the fridge sensor at lower temps, Crazy but it seems to be working. :Y:</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ridge Runner, post: 512739, member: 3775"] Yeah these big deep cycle batteries take a long time to charge, With a 15A or a 26A NOCO by time they have finished doing their equalization mode that can take up to 27 hours, because they fire 1 second pulses of high voltage up to around 15v and until they reach that point they won't go in to standby mode, And if I use the Big Red Wheeled charger on Low = about 9 or 10A max and that will drop down as it charges right down to zero and then that can take up to 12 or 14+ hours to reach it's equalization level, There is more to charging batteries than just hooking up a charger and going for it, Yes I could charge these 115's at 15/16A and they would reach 95% in about 3 or 4 hours Max But at what cost to the battery Life and storage capacity, So No thanks to that idea, Until I get a pair of lead crystal batteries I will keep using these batteries in 2 banks of 2 and when I am using 1 set the other can be charging and vice versa, Since I started doing those fridge tests I have found that you can make your batteries last longer if you Super Cool some canned Drinks and put a layer of them covering the floor of the fridge compartment and then store you food on top of them the fridge will run shorter ON cycles and Longer OFF cycles, This seems to take off about 40 to 70watts off the fridge power usage over a 24 hour period when Hooked up to AC set at 2*c So when this 24hrs is up I will then run the same test using one of the 115 Ah batteries, Baring in mind I am doing this test with the Big ARB 78L Fridge which has the bigger compressor in it. But because the Cans are made of metal they conduct the Cold and keep the fridge sensor at lower temps, Crazy but it seems to be working. :Y: [/QUOTE]

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