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Traveler7
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May 27, 2018

^^^^^New Solar Install Battery Safety Question^^^^^

Good Morning- I just completed a project putting a 150 Watt Poly Panel on my Camper Van and I have an older RV Battery it is charging- my concern is with the voltages and the battery type. The batt...
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red31
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May 28, 2018
panel voltage is irrelevant at this time. Are you suggesting that the bluetooth meter connected to the battery is a couple of volts off?

Below is what my ole cotroller did, PV and battery volts near identical till battery V = 14.4v (AGM). Battery voltage stayed constant 14.4v for 2 hrs then the controller droped its output to 13.? FLOAT, of course I did not cut off the time scale!



It seems you controller is not controlling the voltage properly.

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