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BFL13
Mar 31, 2014Explorer II
If you have all that spare solar doing nothing just get more batteries to hold the sunshine overnight until you can use it.
In the summer you have low daily AH draw with not much furnace or lights on, but this is also when you get the most from the solar. That means if you have enough solar for winter , you have too much solar in the summer. Also your battery bank has more capacity now that it is warm out. It is all backwards, life is not fair! :(
You need a summer activity that can use up all that extra sunshine. Maybe leave a fan on all the time, instead of having the furnace on like in winter, since it is so hot out. A 12v hot tub next to your 12v beer cooler?
In the summer you have low daily AH draw with not much furnace or lights on, but this is also when you get the most from the solar. That means if you have enough solar for winter , you have too much solar in the summer. Also your battery bank has more capacity now that it is warm out. It is all backwards, life is not fair! :(
You need a summer activity that can use up all that extra sunshine. Maybe leave a fan on all the time, instead of having the furnace on like in winter, since it is so hot out. A 12v hot tub next to your 12v beer cooler?
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