Solar & batteries ...
The house battery in our Livin Lite truck camper has died after about 3.5 years of frequent use. Lots of boondocking during which it kept the fridge, LED lights, water pump, ... running for about 3-4...
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Check the T-105's -- open the caps and take a look at the acid (and level). If you're boiling them, that will set off the gas detector. Are you plugged in and charging off the charger (in addition to the controller)?
The literature for your charge controller states that for the first hour of the day it will default to Bulk/Absorption charge of 14.4V so it sounds like that's what's happening. I'm not sure I like that profile as it assumes the batteries are down and require bulk charging (even if they don't).
14.4V is fine for the T-105's for bulk and absorption rates. Make sure your water levels are always topped off. Look HERE for Trojans User Guide. It's very informative and helpful.
Lastly, it's much, much better to have a solar controller that allows battery temperature input in order to adjust charge profile for battery temps. Sounds like that ship has sailed and you've got what you got (never scrimp on the solar charge controller - batteries are expensive). Also, do you have a panel breaker installed? If so, you can turn it off as necessary to defeat the charge program in your controller. Not optimum but anything to treat the batteries right.
Top off the batteries, if you have the room, look at installing recovery caps on the batteries. Take care of those gems :)
The literature for your charge controller states that for the first hour of the day it will default to Bulk/Absorption charge of 14.4V so it sounds like that's what's happening. I'm not sure I like that profile as it assumes the batteries are down and require bulk charging (even if they don't).
14.4V is fine for the T-105's for bulk and absorption rates. Make sure your water levels are always topped off. Look HERE for Trojans User Guide. It's very informative and helpful.
Lastly, it's much, much better to have a solar controller that allows battery temperature input in order to adjust charge profile for battery temps. Sounds like that ship has sailed and you've got what you got (never scrimp on the solar charge controller - batteries are expensive). Also, do you have a panel breaker installed? If so, you can turn it off as necessary to defeat the charge program in your controller. Not optimum but anything to treat the batteries right.
Top off the batteries, if you have the room, look at installing recovery caps on the batteries. Take care of those gems :)
