Need New House Batteries - HELP!
Hello all, I could sure use some help and guidance from the experts! I'll do my best to keep this short and really appreciate you taking the time to read about my dilemma. I have a 2005 American E...
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Your problem is probly not the batterys.
From reading your post you probably killed the batterys and gave them a slow death by not ever charging them fully.
There are a lot of variables with your specific set up..
1. How many watts solar, how big is all the wireing and distances, and what type controller do you have? mppt or PWM..
80% of solar jobs are not installed correctly in regards to wiring size, voltage drop, and charger selection.
2. What converter do you have in the camper? Most charge bulk at 14.4 volts then drop to 13.6 with no absorbtion state. This may get your batterys up to 80% possibly but never get fully charged.
3. You have an invertor.. OK whats your daily wattage use? You need to figure this out.
4. 450 ah is a lot of power. You should be able to go a few days on those or more especially during sunny days and such.
You rarely should have to start the generator IMO..
From reading your post you probably killed the batterys and gave them a slow death by not ever charging them fully.
There are a lot of variables with your specific set up..
1. How many watts solar, how big is all the wireing and distances, and what type controller do you have? mppt or PWM..
80% of solar jobs are not installed correctly in regards to wiring size, voltage drop, and charger selection.
2. What converter do you have in the camper? Most charge bulk at 14.4 volts then drop to 13.6 with no absorbtion state. This may get your batterys up to 80% possibly but never get fully charged.
3. You have an invertor.. OK whats your daily wattage use? You need to figure this out.
4. 450 ah is a lot of power. You should be able to go a few days on those or more especially during sunny days and such.
You rarely should have to start the generator IMO..
