13. HOW CAN I REDUCE RECHARGING TIME?

To reduce the amount of time that your charging system is running, only recharge the battery to 90% State-of-Charge level at an amp hour rate not exceeding the number of ampere-hours that need to be replaced. For example, if you have consumed 50-ampere-hours from a 100-amp hour battery, then you do not want to recharge it at rate any greater than 40 amps in one hour. At a 10-amp, charging rate, it should take approximately 4.3 hours to get to a 90% State-of-Charge. Please note that it will take almost the same amount of time, at a reduced current, to recharge the battery the remaining 10% to bring it to 100% State-of-Charge as it took to recharge it originally from the 50% to the 90% level. If you recharge to the 90% State-of-Charge level, you should charge to 100% at least every 10^th cycle.

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