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wopachop
May 16, 2019Explorer
Lets set up a hypothetical situation. Pretend youre about to park at a campground for 2 months and be on shore power. Outside summer temps will be 100F and your batteries are stored up on the tongue in regular plastic boxes.
Also the RV has solar but not needed since on shore power.
Should you allow the solar controller to raise voltage every single day? Or would it be better to actually cycle the batteries twice a month?
From what ive learned on the trojan sites is that you dont want months of inactivity and also dont want full time 13.5v. Thats why i was thinking about a disconnect switch on my solor panel positive wire so i can easily turn it off and on even during daylight hours.
I was disconnecting the solar at the batteries until you guys on here told me thats a mistake and the manual says it too. I didnt know that and was happy to learn.
Also the RV has solar but not needed since on shore power.
Should you allow the solar controller to raise voltage every single day? Or would it be better to actually cycle the batteries twice a month?
From what ive learned on the trojan sites is that you dont want months of inactivity and also dont want full time 13.5v. Thats why i was thinking about a disconnect switch on my solor panel positive wire so i can easily turn it off and on even during daylight hours.
I was disconnecting the solar at the batteries until you guys on here told me thats a mistake and the manual says it too. I didnt know that and was happy to learn.
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