Battery over charging.
I have 2 100 watt solar panels on my roof, and a Zamp solar controller which came standard with the trailer. On the display it shows that the battery is sitting at 16 volt, when the sun is out and ...
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2112 wrote:Ed_Gee wrote:Current will rise but not voltage while using a properly functioning controller. The controller should hold its 13.x to 14.x set point voltage up to its current limit regardless of battery condition. The voltage will decrease once the current limit is reached.
Voltage will rise as the plates become exposed to air...
eend - Is this the same battery you said was toast or did you buy a new battery? My guess is your bad controller toasted the old battery.
I took the bad battery back to Costco last week and got a full refund and I bought a brand new one back.
But I did order a new controller yesterday so it should be here today according to my friends at Amazon.
