Napa 85-5000 battery charger manual
Does anyone know where I can get a manual for a Napa 85-5000 battery charger? My dad is using one of these chargers to charge 8 GC2 batteries in his offgrid cabin. It's not an RV, but the setup is...
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I'm going to look into adding a solar panel and controller in the future. As mena661 said I don't need to be concerned with the physical size of the solar panel.
Until then I'd like to get what we have working as well as it can. Since batteries work better if they are fully charged I think it makes sense to reduce the number of batteries so that our charger can fully charge them in as short a time as possible and reduce generator time.
I'd also like to determine if the current batteries are still good.
Our charger can do
6V@60A
12V@30A
12V@60A fast charge
24V@30A
Our electric use is light (No AC, NO refrigerator, 50 watts of lights max and coffee maker). Will a pair of 6V GC2 batteries be enough? I assume it is that is what many RVs have.
I'm having a problem finding an AH spec for the NAPA 8144 batteries we have. It says 115MINS@75A does that mean it is a 144AH battery? How long do you think it would take to charge a pair of them from the 50% point? From what I've been reading it sounds like people are saying 2-3 hours.
If we want to run the water heater we can turn on the generator.
If we get solar down the the road we could get one of those 12V coolers or maybe a 12V frig.
mena661: We have a 24V battery bank, but the batteries are old and they have been treated well. At best they are past their prime. I agree size isn't an issue and if I'm going to go though the process of installing a panel I should put up a bigger one.
Until then I'd like to get what we have working as well as it can. Since batteries work better if they are fully charged I think it makes sense to reduce the number of batteries so that our charger can fully charge them in as short a time as possible and reduce generator time.
I'd also like to determine if the current batteries are still good.
Our charger can do
6V@60A
12V@30A
12V@60A fast charge
24V@30A
Our electric use is light (No AC, NO refrigerator, 50 watts of lights max and coffee maker). Will a pair of 6V GC2 batteries be enough? I assume it is that is what many RVs have.
I'm having a problem finding an AH spec for the NAPA 8144 batteries we have. It says 115MINS@75A does that mean it is a 144AH battery? How long do you think it would take to charge a pair of them from the 50% point? From what I've been reading it sounds like people are saying 2-3 hours.
If we want to run the water heater we can turn on the generator.
If we get solar down the the road we could get one of those 12V coolers or maybe a 12V frig.
mena661: We have a 24V battery bank, but the batteries are old and they have been treated well. At best they are past their prime. I agree size isn't an issue and if I'm going to go though the process of installing a panel I should put up a bigger one.
