Help with troubleshooting house battery
Hi All, I bought a brand new house battery (SRM-24 Interstate Marine Battery) as the old one was dead. The new one still does not power the appliances and am trying to troubleshoot the possible c...
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Your Magnetek converter is a single stage converter. That is, it has a constant voltage output of about 13.8v. I will take many hours for it to recharge your battery. If you are off the grid for a week at a time you will have to run your genny several hours every day.
There are things you can do to help.
1. Replace your incandescent light bulbs with LEDs. They draw much less current.
2. Replace your converter with a modern 3 stage converter. It starts charging with a high voltage and as the battery charges the voltage is reduced to prevent boiling the battery. I switched to a Progressive Dynamics 9260.
3. Replace your marine battery with several deep cycle batteries.
There are things you can do to help.
1. Replace your incandescent light bulbs with LEDs. They draw much less current.
2. Replace your converter with a modern 3 stage converter. It starts charging with a high voltage and as the battery charges the voltage is reduced to prevent boiling the battery. I switched to a Progressive Dynamics 9260.
3. Replace your marine battery with several deep cycle batteries.
