House batteries not up to ah rating
Bought 2 new Interstate SRM-24 group 24 RV/Marine batteries a few months ago. I have used the MH 4 times on trips lasting from 3-6 days. Never going below 40 amps before recharging. The rating is 85...
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Update.
I recharged the batteries with the onboard Inteli converter charger last night. It recharged 51.2 amps as of early this morning and had gone to normal mode only charging at .5 amps. I brought out my 100 watt solar panels and turned off the house converter and connection to the batteries.
Let the solar panels continue charging for another 2 hours at .5 amps 14.5 volts.
Then I switched on the equalizer for 2 hours at 15.3 volts at 1.5 amps.
Now I am back to the solar panels normal mode of 13.8 volts but only .2 amps.
The Xantrex battery monitor says I am still down 5 amps from the 60 I was originally.
Why, is the charging systems taking longer than I would expect to fully recharge the batteries?
Next time I am getting the Trojan 100 ah group 24.
I recharged the batteries with the onboard Inteli converter charger last night. It recharged 51.2 amps as of early this morning and had gone to normal mode only charging at .5 amps. I brought out my 100 watt solar panels and turned off the house converter and connection to the batteries.
Let the solar panels continue charging for another 2 hours at .5 amps 14.5 volts.
Then I switched on the equalizer for 2 hours at 15.3 volts at 1.5 amps.
Now I am back to the solar panels normal mode of 13.8 volts but only .2 amps.
The Xantrex battery monitor says I am still down 5 amps from the 60 I was originally.
Why, is the charging systems taking longer than I would expect to fully recharge the batteries?
Next time I am getting the Trojan 100 ah group 24.
