battery choice
Hi, I am in analysis paralysis. I will be purchasing AGM jars. Here are my two choices: AGM L-16 Surrette 400 amp-hour six volt with 0.145 plates cost $520 plus tax and shipping Four are n...
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MrWizard wrote:JiminDenver wrote:
I've been following the thread since batteries are next on my list. (if it ever stops raining)
So what I am seeing is that my array capable of close to 50a is too wimpy for AGM's, right?
My array is less
And could be considered wimpy by that standard
What I do is run the genset in the morning let it do the heavy lifting coffee maker and MW and heavy amp charge
Then let the solar handle it until supper time
When I run the genny again
We full-time do that is a major thing
You can let your solar charge the batteries between trips, if you want too, nothing wimpy about 50 amps charge, just because the battery chemistry will let them take more
I had 490w last year and the 34a peak wasn't wimpy. Had they been polys I would still have 490w. I was referring to seeing that the "need" that kind of amperage. The plan is to at least snowbird someday and believe me after the last few months here in Colorado, we will be taking a generator. I'd hate to run it but it could power the 55a parallax while the solar does it's part. That would be 90-100a or so in good light. 70a under cloudy conditions.
