Battery and Solar woes
Long read, so grab a coffee... Rockwood Mini-Lite 2306. We’ve had this generic 100W flexible solar panel which has served us well for several years now. I hate drilling holes in the roof of my RV to...
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You didn’t mention the type (number of stages?) or brand of the onboard charger, but the 13.2v reading might have been during float (??)…If it’s a Progressive Dynamics, you can use their optional Charge Wizard dongle to kick the voltage up to Boost… Either way, in the real world (calc’s and other issues aside…) it’s difficult for me to see how a single 100w panel can up-charge two Trojans…Considering wiring losses and latitude, etc, at best I see the lone panel as more of a maintainer than a true charger - FWIW, old rule of thumb is 100w per 100a/h - from my own GC batt experience that would be the absolute very minimum - JMO
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