So, the trade-of is if SLA batteries are overcharged they outgass and dry o=
ut.
However, if they are not overcharged, they do not hit 100% charge and
sulfation will slowly develop. Correct?

So, maintaining a SLA battery at ~95% charge as opposed to 100% cause
sulfation to develop?

On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 12:41 AM, Sean Breheny <shb7@cornell.edu> wrote:
> Hi Jason,
>
> Any amount of current beyond the self-discharge current of the batteries
> will slowly dry them out (by gassing).

Thanks Sean.

I was hoping at some point the amount of out gassing would become
negligible. Since that is difficult to judge, I will use LM317s to set the
charge voltages to ~14.3 volts for the 12v batteries and ~7.15 volts for
the 6v ones; with each battery getting a 1k current limiting resistor.

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