How Much Solar ? First Hand Report
Just got set up here in Quartzsite, two 100 watt solar panels on my receiver hitch mounted polar mount, moving it 3 times during the day. Panes were partly shaded by an old power pole till 9 am, then...
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I still find the concept of a higher quality recharge than another recharge to the same SOC in a shorter time hard to accept.
In my ugly graph above you see they all get to 90% SOC but higher amp chargers gets it done in shorter times, even though Vabs is reached at a lower SOC. This is because even though the amps are tapering sooner, they are still higher than the amps of the constant amps of the smaller charger until they meet on the line and after that it is the same. All the time the amps are higher even while tapering is still faster.
Anyway, I just don't have a feel for how the battery has a better recharge if you take longer to get to 90% using lower amps. Are there two kinds of 90%?
In my ugly graph above you see they all get to 90% SOC but higher amp chargers gets it done in shorter times, even though Vabs is reached at a lower SOC. This is because even though the amps are tapering sooner, they are still higher than the amps of the constant amps of the smaller charger until they meet on the line and after that it is the same. All the time the amps are higher even while tapering is still faster.
Anyway, I just don't have a feel for how the battery has a better recharge if you take longer to get to 90% using lower amps. Are there two kinds of 90%?
