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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Parasitic draws are minimal, at least as actually measured in my rig. That would be the LPCO detector, which draws about 50 mA, and nothing else. A 10 W panel is much, much more than enough to take care of that in storage. I wouldn't use more than a 2-3 W panel without a controller. A 12 W panel can ruin even a sizable battery bank by overcharging if used without a controller, so ignore those who claim 15 (or 50!) watts "is barely enough to provide the charge that your 2*6V lose in 24 hours due to" self-discharge/parasitic draw.
There's a lot of misinformation out there, most based on someone reading something somewhere on the Internet, and not fully understanding it. Place more trust in those who've actually _measured_ and _tested_ and provide documentation for what they're claiming.
There's a lot of misinformation out there, most based on someone reading something somewhere on the Internet, and not fully understanding it. Place more trust in those who've actually _measured_ and _tested_ and provide documentation for what they're claiming.
