Adding Solar.
Hey guys, I just got my first RV! My RV is a 97 Winnebago adventurer. I already own 150 watt solar panel array that charges a 110AH costco deep cycle. The RVs coach batteries are two 75AH deep cycles....
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Fixed Sight Training wrote:
How much current do you think the bicycles will draw?
The generator can charge both banks but the solar should be able to do a better job than the converter that came with the coach. A good solar controller will charge at a higher amperage and maintain the batteries much better for a longer life. You don't have to have all the same batteries new at the same time but if there is a week battery it will be a draw on the rest of them. You could put in the isolator but it will mean the solar would not be charging the isolated array obviously. BTW, those amp hour ratings are to sell batteries so I wouldn't rely on those numbers too much.
I can set how much the charge rate is on the bike batteries, I use a Hyperion EOS 720 charger to charge them, which runs on 12V to 18V.
Right now I just have a PWM solar charger, I plan on getting a MPPT one, but its not in the budget at the moment.. this is the one I have.
PWM charger
Yeah, the AH thing, just pointing out that the two banks would be different ratings all together.
I thought the battery isolator meant it would charge both sets (the array), and then just not let them drain each other.
