Critique proposed solar battery upgrade
Currently have a Jayco hybrid (Jayfeather 26L) but moving to a Denali 5th wheel in the spring (2012 DE324LBS). Currently have 4 Trojan T125’s with 600 watts of solar, with a Kisae 2000 watt pure sine...
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The charging specs on those is 14.7v bulk and absorb with 13.6 float. PD9200s can't do that except perhaps the ones modified by Randy at bestconverters.
http://www.fullriverbattery.com/product/batteries/DC215-12
You will want a high amp charger to keep your gen time down doing 50-90s. The high amp PDs are not PF corrected so they take a lot of VA.
You would do much better IMO with one of these, which has high amps, PF correction, and best of all--adjustable voltage. eg if it is 35F out, your 14.7 will really be 15.26 ish temp comp, so you can set that. You can't do that with even a 14.8v modified PD.
http://www.boatandrvaccessories.com/products/powermax-pmbc-100adj-charger
http://www.fullriverbattery.com/product/batteries/DC215-12
You will want a high amp charger to keep your gen time down doing 50-90s. The high amp PDs are not PF corrected so they take a lot of VA.
You would do much better IMO with one of these, which has high amps, PF correction, and best of all--adjustable voltage. eg if it is 35F out, your 14.7 will really be 15.26 ish temp comp, so you can set that. You can't do that with even a 14.8v modified PD.
http://www.boatandrvaccessories.com/products/powermax-pmbc-100adj-charger
