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sgrizzle
Explorer
Apr 01, 2016

How long to recharge RV battery while driving?

If you are camping without shore power and you basically drain your battery...how much driving (hours) would you need to go to recharge them for the next stay? Generally speaking, just rough guesti...
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time2roll
Nomad
Apr 04, 2016
Harvey51 wrote:
So if you start charging in the morning with the engine, solar panel or generator, you cannot estimate the level of charge that day using a voltage measurement.
Using an ammeter along with the voltmeter will be at least as accurate as a monitor.

Full charge is 1/2% of capacity in amps when held at absorption voltage.

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