Charging external battery
What are the pro/cons/concerns? I want to charge my trolling (marine semi-deep cycle) battery (80 AH) using solar in the afternoon after its been discharged 30-50%. House batt SOC would be 90% or ...
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KJINTF wrote:
Have not seen a Helitrope for several years now (as I remember they were AM Solar's controller of choice a few years back) not sure if it requires a battery connection before an array connection - check it out before disconnecting your house battery from the controller.
Being a cheap old fard, I've been waiting over a decade for that obsolete controller to die so I could upgrade. 8>) I did move it to cut down the original (1999) distance from the batteries by 4/5.
Yes, the controller needs to sense a batt before the array. I have the switching to do that.
