Update on 60AH LiFePO4 Battery

About a year ago, I assembled a 60 AH 12V LiFePO4 battery to run the GOTA station during field day.  The battery was stored fully charged after field day then recharged on December 14.  I just took it out of storage today, 135 days later.  In that period of time, the battery lost 0.351 AH of its capacity, or approximately 0.6% over 4 months (based on the amount of energy put back into the battery to reach charge cutoff at 14.6 volts).

60AH Battery Pack in a box

60AH Battery Pack in a box

Since the battery is now a year old, I will run a full capacity test again.  When I ran the capacity test a year ago, it actually had a 65.7 AH measured capacity (6.0 Discharge current with the test stopping at 12.0 volts).

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