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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DAS26miles wrote:NinerBikes wrote:
Waaaaaaaay too much work and babysitting, for the amount of electricity they provided you on a 4 or 5 day camping trip.
You've spent 2 weeks monkeying with these, for what, one week of camping?
Actually it was 4 days of camping and only 6 days of babysitting. It would be less if Mr Sun was out.
One day I would like to see your charging system up close. Do you ever bring the trailer down here or do you do everything up at the storage?
Storage.
Go pull up a 150w 18V 8.6 amp solar panel in poly on the internet. Pull up some 12 gauge wire to run from the solar panel to the charge controller. Add in the RC charger reader. Add in 5 feet of 10 gauge wire with 2 ring terminals to the battery. Done. that's it. Nothing to see.
