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BFL13
Apr 16, 2017Explorer II
I didn't see that he said to jack up the voltages to make up for too small an array. He says you can't have a set-up that is adequate every day all year, so do the best you can with what you have. So on a day when you are not going to get it done before dark, don't let it drop to float and waste any of the sunlight you do get before dark.
Actually he says the same as what people on here have been saying for several years now. Didn't see anything new.
I haven't done solar on AGMs where you can't use an hydrometer to check results. Nervous about that, if I ever do it.
I have found you only need to do the hydrometer check to confirm when "full" is by my AH count and voltage behaviour, you don't have to use it all the time like he seems to be saying. Once you know when full is, you can ASSume it will stay there for a while and just use your other indicators.
I did not reset the Trimetric for its default heat loss allowance, so in my case it needs to go "over" by about 15 AH into positive numbers. There, the SG shows it has caught up close enough to Baseline Full, and now it is time to drop to Float, not before that. (This can happen mid-afternoon or not at all on any particular day depending on clouds and season.)
I like that the guy says solar conditions are always changing day by day even, and you need to keep an eye on things. Seems like he has BTDT.
Actually he says the same as what people on here have been saying for several years now. Didn't see anything new.
I haven't done solar on AGMs where you can't use an hydrometer to check results. Nervous about that, if I ever do it.
I have found you only need to do the hydrometer check to confirm when "full" is by my AH count and voltage behaviour, you don't have to use it all the time like he seems to be saying. Once you know when full is, you can ASSume it will stay there for a while and just use your other indicators.
I did not reset the Trimetric for its default heat loss allowance, so in my case it needs to go "over" by about 15 AH into positive numbers. There, the SG shows it has caught up close enough to Baseline Full, and now it is time to drop to Float, not before that. (This can happen mid-afternoon or not at all on any particular day depending on clouds and season.)
I like that the guy says solar conditions are always changing day by day even, and you need to keep an eye on things. Seems like he has BTDT.
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