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Adding Secondary 12v battery for Electronics

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Accessories and Modifications' started by khoakhoa, May 22, 2012.

  1. khoakhoa

    khoakhoa Junior Member

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    Have a yellow top Optima deep cycle battery specs below:

    Open Circuit Voltage (Fully charged): 13.1 volts
    Internal Resistance (Fully charged): .0025 ohms
    Capacity: 75 Ah (C/20)
    Reserve Capacity: BCI: 155 minutes
    (25 amp discharge, 80°F (26.7°C), to 10.5 volts cut-off)

    I am figuring out what capacity from full 100% to 0%. The loading being a 10 Amp or 100 watts. I came across the Peukert Exponent for a battery where the amp-hours and reserve minutes are known.

    Reserve Minutes 155
    Reserve minute amps 25
    Amp-Hour Rating 75
    Amp-hour Rating Time 1.25

    Peukert Exponent 0.83

    Battery capacity 75 amp-hours
    Time for specified capacity (20 or 10 typ) 1.25 Hours
    Discharge rate 10 amps
    Peukert exponent 0.83
    Acceptable depth of discharge 100 percent
    Peukert amp-hours 37.3 amp-hours
    Amp-hours available at discharge rate 55.2 amp-hours
    Life at discharge rate to specified DOD 5.52 hours

    Any Battery Wiz know if this is the correct math?

    If correct it will provide 5.52 from full charge at 10 amps.

    Battery will be Charged via Main battery Positive connection and grounded there as well. Which I suspect is charged by the DC to DC Converter from HV batteries.

    There is a charging controller that will isolate the secondary battery from the main battery if it drops below 12v. Otherwise it runs it in Parallel and charges in Parallel.

    Peukert's law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia