Deep Cycle Battery Charging From Alternator
Hello, May I ask for advice regarding charging deep cycle batteries from the alternator? I have read older threads, and understand opinions vary. The previous two 100Ah deep cycle AGM coach bat...
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MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Those batteries were perpetually undercharged. There are too many clues for this to not be fact.
Maybe not.
IF....they are being hit with 14.4 volts every day for an hour or more.....then they might be getting OVER CHARGED if they aren't used during that time.
Some resting voltage measurements need to be made.
You might be much better off disconnecting them from the alternator system during the "daily driver" periods.
THEN....there is the ridiculous drain from that blender.
Things can be mashed and shredded without electricity.
I suggest that you STOP using the blender....and any other high current device that may be present too, like a hair dryer maybe.
OR....that you keep doing what you are doing and buy new batteries every 2 years.
