Hello All,
This post is directed to those who have a lot of experience with AC/DC inverters (inversores). I know you're out there.
We have power outages every week, often more more than a day. We've run the battery to zero charge many times. It is a PowerTek with a digital readout and one sealed battery.
Sometimes I plan to shut it down when the battery is at, say, 20%, but that's often when we're sleeping with one fan going, and the inverter shuts down when we're asleep with a only a red system light remaining.
Suffice it to say that, after about a year, the battery only holds a charge for about one hour, and that's with everything in the house shut off except for maybe one light and a fan.
So, basically, we have no inverter at this moment.
I'm thinking that the battery has lost its charge capacity even though the readout says 100% charged. Is this what is happening? Is it normal? Where do I go from here? What's the solution?
Many thanks.
P.S. The failure of the electric grid is my biggest gripe about living in this country and probably my biggest complaint. We have gone as long as five days without electricity and many times, two or three days. And that's in Zona Colonial on a main business street. Last weekend we were off for two days. Today we were going into our second day and we were told 48 more hours to repair. That's intolerable. A family member paid someone nearby, who works for CDE, RD$1,500 to do a repair "under the table."
This post is in "living in." If you are planning to move to this country, I would say that a prime consideration in choosing a place is the reliability of the electricity. It can change house by house or block by block. . .
This post is directed to those who have a lot of experience with AC/DC inverters (inversores). I know you're out there.
We have power outages every week, often more more than a day. We've run the battery to zero charge many times. It is a PowerTek with a digital readout and one sealed battery.
Sometimes I plan to shut it down when the battery is at, say, 20%, but that's often when we're sleeping with one fan going, and the inverter shuts down when we're asleep with a only a red system light remaining.
Suffice it to say that, after about a year, the battery only holds a charge for about one hour, and that's with everything in the house shut off except for maybe one light and a fan.
So, basically, we have no inverter at this moment.
I'm thinking that the battery has lost its charge capacity even though the readout says 100% charged. Is this what is happening? Is it normal? Where do I go from here? What's the solution?
Many thanks.
P.S. The failure of the electric grid is my biggest gripe about living in this country and probably my biggest complaint. We have gone as long as five days without electricity and many times, two or three days. And that's in Zona Colonial on a main business street. Last weekend we were off for two days. Today we were going into our second day and we were told 48 more hours to repair. That's intolerable. A family member paid someone nearby, who works for CDE, RD$1,500 to do a repair "under the table."
This post is in "living in." If you are planning to move to this country, I would say that a prime consideration in choosing a place is the reliability of the electricity. It can change house by house or block by block. . .