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johnm1
Explorer
May 03, 2016

Do I need solar or more batteries and a better charger?

OK - I'm starting to wonder if I'm looking at this wrong. I was planning on solar and starting small with 1 or 2 portable panels and eventually put them (and more) on the roof but now I'm really wo...
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Veebyes
Explorer II
May 06, 2016
If you double your battery bank capacity without doing something about increasing the charge rate of the charger you are going to double your charging time, both on the bulk & absorb charge time.

The only other thing you might consider is installing a multi bank battery switch & work between the 2 banks. The net charging time for both will be the same.

Battery bank size comes with weight too. There are choices to be made.

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