First Top Charge

sjturbo wrote:
Thanks niner! That is what I was doing during the Top Charge, (turning it off to read the battery voltage). It just sounded like something else.

You need to let the battery sit for a while, like 24 hours, to get rid of the surface charge voltage, which will give you an artificially high voltage reading, usually right after recharging a battery to near full 100% capacity. So don't rely on that voltage meter sitting on top of your Mega Watt for what the current battery voltage is, if you just turned the Mega Watt off. As I said before, it is only a rough barometer reading, voltage. It bounces around quite a lot. Use that voltage meter on the Mega Watt only for setting the charge voltage on the Mega Watt, when the Mega Watt is disconnected from the batteries, and the switch to the Mega Watt is turned on. You may want 14.8 V at times, and you may want 15.0V or maybe even perhaps a bit more than that. Spreading slightly over 15.0V occaisionally on all the batteries you have, with their amperage capacity, would be nothing more than a stirring charge to mix things up, if you've been in storage, or are not using the batteries daily.

With some time, practice, and logging V while camping or living off the grid, the voltage reading on the Mega Watt might provide you with some insight, you'll notice what is to be expected, what is normal, and what is abnormal.