Bad Converter Charger
Wife & I are out in Truck Camper. Usually take a look at an app on my phone that links to my solar charge controller. It showed the batteries at 16.78v WOW! I have a multimeter & got to diggin...
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2x a year n for deep cycle recharge
Once every 6 months
Better info would be the number of shallow cycles allowed between deep discharge & recharge cycle
Camping styles and number of days nights vary per individual
I'm full-time if I followed the 2x year recommendation, it could be 183 days of shallow cycles before a deep cycle recharge,
I do believe that would be too much sulphation buildup
I strive to keep my batteries at or above 70% soc
But there are mornings when when it is significantly less, one morning a few weeks ago it was 46% SOC
I will charge till the meter indicates 1 amp or less charge rate, sometimes because of other uses and wanting to keep the batteries in a top OFF state, until bed time, I will keep going even when there is zero amps charge into the batteries, but I still powering other things, instead of immediately using the inverter and going into load discharge use,
In the last two weeks I have done that 4x, with the power monitor showing zero amps charge rate at 14.x volts, with the converter supplying the lights and parasitic loads, it would take a different setup to register milliamp float charging
Once every 6 months
Better info would be the number of shallow cycles allowed between deep discharge & recharge cycle
Camping styles and number of days nights vary per individual
I'm full-time if I followed the 2x year recommendation, it could be 183 days of shallow cycles before a deep cycle recharge,
I do believe that would be too much sulphation buildup
I strive to keep my batteries at or above 70% soc
But there are mornings when when it is significantly less, one morning a few weeks ago it was 46% SOC
I will charge till the meter indicates 1 amp or less charge rate, sometimes because of other uses and wanting to keep the batteries in a top OFF state, until bed time, I will keep going even when there is zero amps charge into the batteries, but I still powering other things, instead of immediately using the inverter and going into load discharge use,
In the last two weeks I have done that 4x, with the power monitor showing zero amps charge rate at 14.x volts, with the converter supplying the lights and parasitic loads, it would take a different setup to register milliamp float charging
