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Unsealed 4x4 Australia's Dometic PLB-40 Review.
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<blockquote data-quote="condor22" data-source="post: 616091" data-attributes="member: 1932"><p>Simply put - 1 Cycle is rated by a manufacturer, both Dometic PLB40 and Rover 40 state 2,000 cycles @ 80% use. So, yes, in the case of both these units, 1 cycle is use 32AH, then recharge.</p><p></p><p>If a battery is connected to a solar panel or other charger whilst being used and its use is less than what is being recharged, then it is not cycling.</p><p></p><p>However, if you read post #12 from RR in this thread, the graph shows that if you draw less than 80% i.e less than 10 amps from 40AH @ 15% depth between charging, then you might get 8000 cycles.</p><p></p><p>Conversely if you flatten it between charges each time, then significantly less than 2000 cycles.</p><p></p><p>A good example of "Abuse it, you lose it" <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="condor22, post: 616091, member: 1932"] Simply put - 1 Cycle is rated by a manufacturer, both Dometic PLB40 and Rover 40 state 2,000 cycles @ 80% use. So, yes, in the case of both these units, 1 cycle is use 32AH, then recharge. If a battery is connected to a solar panel or other charger whilst being used and its use is less than what is being recharged, then it is not cycling. However, if you read post #12 from RR in this thread, the graph shows that if you draw less than 80% i.e less than 10 amps from 40AH @ 15% depth between charging, then you might get 8000 cycles. Conversely if you flatten it between charges each time, then significantly less than 2000 cycles. A good example of "Abuse it, you lose it" :) [/QUOTE]
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