Batteries

Colo Native wrote:

corvettekent wrote:
With 510 watts of solar you should have a lot more storage (battery). How big of inverter did you install.

Magnum 2812

That's a nice big inverter. You could try adding just one more battery but you should add two.

What would be really ideal for your solar would be 4 GC's giving you about 460 ah, but you say you are concerned about the weight.

2oldman wrote:
If you want to really save weight, go Lithium. Your wallet will lose a lot weight too.

I would rather keep it in my wallet

JiminDenver wrote:
I would add a third Grp 27 to the other two. It should be fine unless you beat the snot out of the originals. That way you get more usable Ah's, less voltage drop under load and less expense right now. By the time you need to replace them again you should have a good idea what direction to go.

Jim that's kind of what I was thinking

corvettekent wrote:
With 510 watts of solar you should have a lot more storage (battery). How big of inverter did you install.

Magnum 2812

I would add a third Grp 27 to the other two. It should be fine unless you beat the snot out of the originals. That way you get more usable Ah's, less voltage drop under load and less expense right now. By the time you need to replace them again you should have a good idea what direction to go.

With 510 watts of solar you should have a lot more storage (battery). How big of inverter did you install.

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If you want to really save weight, go Lithium. Your wallet will lose a lot weight too.

You mentioned an inverter.
3-4 Grp 27 batts might have less V drop under high loads than a pair of GC2s. Depending ...