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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Wrong answer... DAS...
It's been operator error. You are always responsible for the condition of your batteries. Do not depend on devices that are "smart" until you verify their smartness, or dumbness of engineering design.
Just like I was responsible for not being able to program my Kenwood Ham radio, ultimately, I needed an expert to point out my mistakes with an antenna meter.
Do you have a generator on board your RV? Go buy a MegaWatt 30 amp power supply unit online from up in AguaDulce, before you go camping. Set it at 15.0V before you go. Run your generator for 2 hours every morning at 15.0V... your batteries might do a little bit better, but you'll go through the same******again that you are going through now when you get home, from those PIA batteries.
You need real deep cycle batteries, or you need to curtail your electrical consumption daily with your current battery setup.
You have a lot of problems to resolve before you come back from your next camping trip.
You will NEVER equalize charge with a generator... Didn't you learn how much time it takes to do so from this exercise?
You address this by setting your solar panel charge controller at 15.0V and charging as much as you can daily with solar panels, after an hour or two of running your generator and MegaWatt also set at 15.0V, first thing in the morning.
It's been operator error. You are always responsible for the condition of your batteries. Do not depend on devices that are "smart" until you verify their smartness, or dumbness of engineering design.
Just like I was responsible for not being able to program my Kenwood Ham radio, ultimately, I needed an expert to point out my mistakes with an antenna meter.
Do you have a generator on board your RV? Go buy a MegaWatt 30 amp power supply unit online from up in AguaDulce, before you go camping. Set it at 15.0V before you go. Run your generator for 2 hours every morning at 15.0V... your batteries might do a little bit better, but you'll go through the same******again that you are going through now when you get home, from those PIA batteries.
You need real deep cycle batteries, or you need to curtail your electrical consumption daily with your current battery setup.
You have a lot of problems to resolve before you come back from your next camping trip.
You will NEVER equalize charge with a generator... Didn't you learn how much time it takes to do so from this exercise?
You address this by setting your solar panel charge controller at 15.0V and charging as much as you can daily with solar panels, after an hour or two of running your generator and MegaWatt also set at 15.0V, first thing in the morning.
