100w portable solar report
Yesterday March 8 we had full sun here at Roosevelt Lake, AZ. My two Group 27 batteries read 12.52v at the start of the day, measured at the batteries with the Turnigy WattMeter. I used it to collec...
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RJsfishin wrote:
Wow, after all that, I wouldn't trade my $12.95 CMP 12 for nothing ! It operated flawlessly for 3 months, saw 14.4 almost everyday, and got into float mode most days too. My little Honda felt rejected,.....till the sun dint shine for a couple days, had to run it 4 hrs total in 3 months.
Well, when we had an overnight low of 3F, my MS TS 45 PWM in the TT raised the charge volts to 15.45.
At 3F, a battery may not charge correctly with 14.4V.
OTOH, when the batteries were 110F, the charge Volts were 13.29 by the MS SS-10 in the van. Like I said, this controller is inside the battery box in the van.
Say yes to temp comp chargers.
HTH;
John
Edited: the 3F info was not the SS-10 controller.
