batteries 4
what type and brand and size of batteries have you found best for full time rv,ing thanks
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sushidog wrote:
At 10 amps max. (assuming 5+ hrs of sunlight/day with flat mounted panels) a 150 watt panel can replace 50 amp/hrs/day. So if you had a 400 ah battery bank and discharged it to 50% in a single day, it would take at least 4 days of charging in perfect conditions, with no cloud or shade to recharge them. In the winter, or with partial cloud cover of real world conditions, we are looking at at least a 5-6 days recovery time when the batteries cannot be used. If a 600 ah bank is needed then it would extend the recharge time 50% more to 7-9 days. I don't think over a week of charging to replace the energy used in a single day would be acceptable performance to most folk, how about you?
And that's to just replenish the amps already used & without any load on the batteries during that time.
I can't grasp the concept of spending $1600 on batteries & maybe $200 or so on what appears to be an inadequate means to charge them.
At 10 amps max. (assuming 5+ hrs of sunlight/day with flat mounted panels) a 150 watt panel can replace 50 amp/hrs/day. So if you had a 400 ah battery bank and discharged it to 50% in a single day, it would take at least 4 days of charging in perfect conditions, with no cloud or shade to recharge them. In the winter, or with partial cloud cover of real world conditions, we are looking at at least a 5-6 days recovery time when the batteries cannot be used. If a 600 ah bank is needed then it would extend the recharge time 50% more to 7-9 days. I don't think over a week of charging to replace the energy used in a single day would be acceptable performance to most folk, how about you?
And that's to just replenish the amps already used & without any load on the batteries during that time.
I can't grasp the concept of spending $1600 on batteries & maybe $200 or so on what appears to be an inadequate means to charge them.
