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ewarnerusa
Nomad
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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BFL13
Explorer II
Nov 25, 2014
ewarnerusa wrote:
Do you think I should ditch my 14.9V every 3rd day idea and go back to a more typical 15.5ish volt equalization on a 30 or 60 day basis? Or maybe even just on demand?


Set the controller to 14.8 and when the batts get there, confirm batt V with a multi-meter. Adjust controller V so that Vbat is 14.8 at the batts.

Then anytime you want to use the inverter, turn off solar, start the inverter, and then turn solar back on.

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