How's my "6v" Solar working?
So when I bought my new trailer it came with 300w of solar and a Samlex controller. When I first got the trailer home I installed one of the old 12v batteries from my old trailer and it regularly rea...
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BFL13 wrote:
Your two 6s seem to be working well.
You put in the new batteries to get a higher capacity.
Among other things, that means that they need more charging capacity too. Your present solar may not be able to give them enough charge fast enough to really care for the new ones properly.
IF....you had a long, bright sunny day and the batteries started out close to fully charged.....you might see a higher charging voltage than what you have seen so far but I kind of doubt it.
Or to put it another way, it might take the present solar system several days to fully recover from one healthy overnight discharge if no other charging source is used.
