Confusion on battery charging
I am confused about the best practices for charging batteries. For 7 years I had 300 AH of Lifeline AGM batteries, 270 watts of solar and a simple charging system. My old camper has a 110 volt c...
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" Right now I am getting 10 amps out of the panels and the voltage is at 13.6"
How many of those amps are going to the battery and how many to other 12v loads? You can be in Float with full batts and be getting max panel amps to run things. If the loads are more amps draw than the panels can do, then you get a draw on the battery too. Once the battery voltage goes down from that to whatever voltage is set for that, the controller should kick into Bulk again.
On the two hour absorb that keeps resetting, how about setting absorb time to zero and using a higher Float voltage (that presumably does not keep resetting?)
How many of those amps are going to the battery and how many to other 12v loads? You can be in Float with full batts and be getting max panel amps to run things. If the loads are more amps draw than the panels can do, then you get a draw on the battery too. Once the battery voltage goes down from that to whatever voltage is set for that, the controller should kick into Bulk again.
On the two hour absorb that keeps resetting, how about setting absorb time to zero and using a higher Float voltage (that presumably does not keep resetting?)
