House battery voltage under draw?
I have a new (to me motor home) and an upgrade from my old one. In my old RV, I had to check the house battery voltage manually. With the new rv, I have a switch on the wall. However, when I check t...
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tommymsw wrote:
When they are charging I get over 14v as expected.
The solar panel is only a 10 watt.
14 V is the CHARGING voltage, not the battery voltage.
And 10 watts at 12 volts is less than one amp; barely enough to maintain a full charge with no load. Not nearly enough to do any actual charging.
Trying to figure out if things are working right with the present setup is just a waste of time.
You NEED to get those new batteries fully charged SOON. Just sitting at half a charge for very long causes them to age more rapidly.
