Just got my DIY build online (that will be another post) but I'm looking for some recommended maintenance best practices for battery longevity.
I have a ~29kWh bank I built myself (thanks to what I learned from this forum and Will's videos), the primary purpose of which is an emergency grid-down backup.
My power coop charges a flat rate, so I'm not going to save any money by selling back from the batteries during "peak" hours. Therefore cycling them daily seems like a waste. So I was thinking of how best to set the batteries up on a schedule. Would programming the inverter to basically cycle them once a week to maintain them in a healthy state? Can I get away with longer than that? Or would it be bad to let them sit at "100%" (roughly 3.4v per cell) for a long time?
I have a ~29kWh bank I built myself (thanks to what I learned from this forum and Will's videos), the primary purpose of which is an emergency grid-down backup.
My power coop charges a flat rate, so I'm not going to save any money by selling back from the batteries during "peak" hours. Therefore cycling them daily seems like a waste. So I was thinking of how best to set the batteries up on a schedule. Would programming the inverter to basically cycle them once a week to maintain them in a healthy state? Can I get away with longer than that? Or would it be bad to let them sit at "100%" (roughly 3.4v per cell) for a long time?