Amps Rising not tapering During Abs Charging?
Charging with the pm4b last evening, I brought the bank to 9.2a @ 14.64Vabs. Amps plateaued there early on during the 2 1/2 hour charge. It was getting late, so I shut things down for the night. To...
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Time for a reality check.
You were doing your first solar charging in the evening (way past solar peak). The amp rate is far past peak charging so the amps should be dropping off.
The next morning (How late did you sleep? No times given) the sun is rising so available amps should be going up.
You have to expect funny numbers when over watching the meters. Especially if trying to read something into it when solar power is no where near peak times.
Also; having one bad battery with a bad cell can mess up controllers trying to charge the battery-bank. If you have a battery with a bad cell that does not recover after a charging try or two, it is time to replace it before it damages the others by not allowing them to receive proper charging.
You were doing your first solar charging in the evening (way past solar peak). The amp rate is far past peak charging so the amps should be dropping off.
The next morning (How late did you sleep? No times given) the sun is rising so available amps should be going up.
You have to expect funny numbers when over watching the meters. Especially if trying to read something into it when solar power is no where near peak times.
Also; having one bad battery with a bad cell can mess up controllers trying to charge the battery-bank. If you have a battery with a bad cell that does not recover after a charging try or two, it is time to replace it before it damages the others by not allowing them to receive proper charging.
