Advice for my charging situation? Solar?
Hi folks - This is for my minivan. I have: - 24 hour usage around 1 kilowatt, on average. Half a kw on a lazy day (which usually = a cloudy or rainy day, for me). Max I have read on the kill...
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smkettner wrote:
You did say you had a 24 volt system right? I do find this odd as you also mentioned the alternator charging the battery. Two 12v batteries in parallel is still 12 volts. (connected B+B+ & B-B-)
Oh, that is where we are confused!
I am running a 24v motor off two 12v batteries in series, but I can charge them separately. (I mean, there is nothing wrong with connecting them each to 12v charger while leaving the series cable hooked up, is there? I have been doing it for years.)
And my house battery is just one 12v. But I am not avers to getting another (except $$) and a 24v inverter. Would rather do that than spend $$ on an mppt, seeing the recent posts here comparing to pwm.
