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ewarnerusa
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Nov 25, 2014

Opinions on my battery charging profile (solar)

I am curious about what others with battery charging expertise think about what I'm doing to my batteries. Am I damaging them or shortening their lifespan? Quick background, I installed 280 watts ...
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time2roll
Nomad
Nov 26, 2014
ewarnerusa wrote:
I guess nullifying the 14.4V is what I'm trying to do since "they" say that 6V batteries in series should be charged at 14.8V because Trojan says so. But since always charging at 14.8V would mean my inverter won't turn on, I dial it back to 14.4V but try to sneak a 14.8V+ in there on a relatively frequent basis.


14.8 every three days is unneeded IMHO. Still going to be a pitn with inverter.

OK maybe better if full time. For the typical trip of 14 days or less it will not matter.

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