Basic battery charging and solar question
I have a Surveyor 245BHS with 2 6v batteries wired in series. The RV dealer told me that when I'm plugged in to charge, the trailer doesn't recognize when the batteries are fully charged and will kee...
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webrx wrote:
if you are going to go small, don't go less than 40 watts those little 10 and 15 watt trickle chargers were actually designed for cars to keep the radio memory from draining the battery, I have a 10 watt on top of my trailer that came with it, and while it may make up for parasitic loads, I dont trust it will top the battery off every day. I have a 40 watt and a 100 watt portable system. I used the 40 watt for years, and it would top off batteries by mid day or so the way we camped. The 100 Watt does the same only faster, usually before noon I am charged back up.
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Thanks for the advice! We just got back from a 10 day trip with no hookups. We were able to use power slide out, awning, tongue jack, water pump, fridge and LED lights. All sparingly but we had enough juice by the end to close it all up with power.
Now knowing that we are able to conserve very well, I think a 50W panel to top off the batteries will suffice.
