Solar for keeping batteries topped off.
Interested in a small solar solution to keep 2 24 group batteries topped off while the RV is in storage. Right now I disconnect and haul the batteries to the house and charge them monthly. The RV is i...
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Sam Spade wrote:Twain wrote:
Sitting varies from 2 weeks to 2 months. After 1 week of sitting the batteries are down the 12.1 volts. There is no disconnect switch, which I found unusual.
Well you need to repeat that test with a battery cable OFF.
IF.....the batteries go down to 12.1 after only a week then they need to be replaced. That is assuming a full charge to start with.
That was off, if I remember correctly. The unit is 6 months old so the batteries better be good. Then again, it has been to the dealer a couple of times for warranty work and it just sits in the lot, disconnected, waiting for them to get around to working on it, then it sits in between shops for who know how long. Yet another need for solar...
