boondocking, need help asap....
Just put a new controller in for my 55w solar panel. It charges batts (2 12v) to full charge, but once the sun starts to go down the batts start to discharge and the controller shows red by morning. W...
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Your fridge controls and propane detector use 12VDC all of the time
Can you get to shore power... ? (50Watt panel will not fully charge 2 batteries)
if so, fully charge your batteries to 14+ VDC
turn of your solar panel if you have a controller with that option... or disconnect the solar controller from the batteries
Observe over night... rules out the batteries hopefully
second night... have batteries fully charged by the shore power... then after dark... reconnect solar panel...
observe
if the batteries then drop you probably have a diode problem in your controller... and it should be replaced
Report your observations back here as you go... there are some good people on the forums... and some guess. Don't take guesses or at least the ones that cost money
sleepy
Can you get to shore power... ? (50Watt panel will not fully charge 2 batteries)
if so, fully charge your batteries to 14+ VDC
turn of your solar panel if you have a controller with that option... or disconnect the solar controller from the batteries
Observe over night... rules out the batteries hopefully
second night... have batteries fully charged by the shore power... then after dark... reconnect solar panel...
observe
if the batteries then drop you probably have a diode problem in your controller... and it should be replaced
Report your observations back here as you go... there are some good people on the forums... and some guess. Don't take guesses or at least the ones that cost money
sleepy
