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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Always good to hear when somebody's pain is over.
What makes you think it's all good? :)
If 50W solar can keep up, your battery should always be full or almost full, at least on sunny days, and problems like before would have never happened. That's why I doubt it can keep up, and I'm not the only one.
Moreover, if the battery was discharged too low and for too long, it has been irreversibly damaged. It will work, but will die sooner now.
One good news is that new 10A controller allows adding 80W or 100W to your existing 50W, as noted.
campermama wrote:
The batteries were just too low for the solar to keep up and like I mentioned before I use very little energy so now the solar can keep up. :-)
What makes you think it's all good? :)
If 50W solar can keep up, your battery should always be full or almost full, at least on sunny days, and problems like before would have never happened. That's why I doubt it can keep up, and I'm not the only one.
Moreover, if the battery was discharged too low and for too long, it has been irreversibly damaged. It will work, but will die sooner now.
One good news is that new 10A controller allows adding 80W or 100W to your existing 50W, as noted.
