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Old 11-08-2018, 08:34 PM   #1
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I was thinking the other night of charging my batteries over the winter. I’m removing them from the cart and keeping them in a exterior (we will call it a shed) area on my property. I have a noco genius 12/24 volt smart charger. In 24 volt mode it is a 13amp smart charger with storage mode. I was thinking of splitting my 6 eight volt batteries into 2 banks of 3. I was going to charge each individual 24 volt bank, and then when both banks are completely charged, wire then in parallel and leave the charger on it over the winter.


Any pros or cons to doing this? Anyone ever do anything similar?


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Old 11-08-2018, 08:39 PM   #2
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Absolutely! (as there will not be any demand on the pack and with the maintenance mode that should work well)
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Old 11-09-2018, 10:40 AM   #3
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Any pros or cons to doing this?
con: removing batteries, i'd bet 99% of us in the frigid north don't remove our batteries
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Old 11-09-2018, 04:24 PM   #4
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Can certainly do that, but I would just leave them in the cart. Less lifting... at least of that sort...
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Old 11-09-2018, 11:18 PM   #5
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Can certainly do that, but I would just leave them in the cart. Less lifting... at least of that sort...


Cart is going to be stored without power. I’m not a fan of running extension cord for long periods of time


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Old 11-10-2018, 04:13 AM   #6
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Any pros or cons to doing this? Anyone ever do anything similar?
I wonder if float charging them continuously over winter is best for the batteries? If you are around and can check them occasionally (say once per month), then you might be better to check the voltage of each bank and then just perform a top off charge on them.

Have a look at my post on float charging here: http://www.buggiesgonewild.com/elect...-question.html

Edit - I had a look at the NOCO G26000 manual. It says:
Step 8: Maintenance
Continuously monitors the battery to determine when a maintenance charge should be initiated. If the battery voltage falls below its target threshold, the charger will restart the Maintenance cycle until voltage reaches its optimal state and then discontinues the charge cycle. The cycle between Optimization and Maintenance is repeated indefinitely to keep the battery at full charge. The battery charger can be safely left connected indefinitely without the risk of overcharging.

If your battery charger operates as above, you should be OK with keeping it plugged in . The older version of the NOCO's CONTINUOUSLY float the battery ... which I believe is not the desired method of float charging. Monitor your battery voltage when floating to see what kind of float setting you have. I have 3 older NOCO's (G1100, G7200 and GENM1) which I believe continuously float ... some at higher than Trojan recommended float voltage.
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Old 11-10-2018, 07:45 AM   #7
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I installed a voltage and current meter inline with the charger itself. I’ll be checking.


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I'd be interested to see how / what you installed for charger voltage and amperage monitoring. A few photos would be great!
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Old 11-10-2018, 11:51 AM   #9
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I use this meter. All of my dc connectors are power poles


https://powerwerx.com/watt-meter-ana...e-dc-powerpole


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Old 11-10-2018, 12:14 PM   #10
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It is nice to know what parameters you are charging any battery at ... too bad this is limited to 60 volts. I am always concerned when hooking something up to 65 volts when it is only rated for 60.
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