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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I can not tell from your posts if you are currently camping in your RV, or just getting ready for the new season.
If the RV is currently stored and nothing left on except a detector, or two, the solar-panels should easily keep the batteries charged and stay in "float mode".
Coming back on in either "bulk" or "absorption mode" would indicate a problem with one or more batteries being sulfated or a shorted cell causing the battery voltage to quickly drop and causing the solar-panel controller to come back on in charging mode.
If you are actually running some 12v equipment, doing that would be normal.
If the RV is currently stored and nothing left on except a detector, or two, the solar-panels should easily keep the batteries charged and stay in "float mode".
Coming back on in either "bulk" or "absorption mode" would indicate a problem with one or more batteries being sulfated or a shorted cell causing the battery voltage to quickly drop and causing the solar-panel controller to come back on in charging mode.
If you are actually running some 12v equipment, doing that would be normal.
