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Originally Posted by Oneilkeys
That's really interesting and significant. I read thru the User Guide and they say nothing about not routinely discharging below 40 or 50%. Everything I have read (see below for an example) says that a deep cycle battery will last up to twice as long if you do not routinely discharge it below 50%. If Trojan stands behind its ability to routinely discharge its battery down to 20%, that gives you 30% more amp hours that you can use before you have to turn on your generator. I think I would get Trojan to confirm that before I did it, but it would be a good reason to buy Trojan batteries.
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My guess is that the 50% magic number has safety factors upon safety factors built in, as it has made it's way through to be "common knowledge". It's a nice easy round number. Also, it seems to perhaps apply more to the hybrid type and not the true deep cycle batteries.
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