PD or Iota for my upgrade?
I'm thinking about a converter and battery upgrade. The batteries will be wet cell lead acid 6 volt Possible T-105s or the 230AH, EGC2 from Sam's club. I'll probably go for four. (Does nayone have...
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My observations...
PD 9245, Group 24 single, run about 2.5 hours with a 9 amp draw, pretty close to 100% SOC before running. About 22.5 amps drawn off the 75 amp battery.
15 feet of 8 gauge, and ring connectors at the battery terminal.
PD 9245 ran about 40 minutes in manual bulk mode, measured 14.42V at the battery at the 30 minute mark. Honda EU1000i run in Eco mode the whole time, rpms up the first 25-30 minutes until the load pretty much was being handled just fine at eco mode idle speed.
By 45 minutes, checked the voltage again, 13.65V at the battery terminals. I assume this is maintenance mode.
The PD 9245 does everything I want out of a charge controller for boondocking, with the pendant installed. It gets batteries up there again pretty quick, and lets the solar top off the balance to 14.8V with my Wenmac adjustable voltage charge controller.
Still waiting on a Trojan T1275 with 150 Ah. Or a pair of T105's.
Small time usage here, a 21 foot travel trailer and I'm the type to turn everything off when not in use.
What remains to be seen is how well the Eu1000i recharges a set of T105's down at the 40% SOC level and how long in bulk charge, time wise, to get them back to 90%. 112 amps to get back. And it goes a lot slower the closer you get to 90% SOC.
PD 9245, Group 24 single, run about 2.5 hours with a 9 amp draw, pretty close to 100% SOC before running. About 22.5 amps drawn off the 75 amp battery.
15 feet of 8 gauge, and ring connectors at the battery terminal.
PD 9245 ran about 40 minutes in manual bulk mode, measured 14.42V at the battery at the 30 minute mark. Honda EU1000i run in Eco mode the whole time, rpms up the first 25-30 minutes until the load pretty much was being handled just fine at eco mode idle speed.
By 45 minutes, checked the voltage again, 13.65V at the battery terminals. I assume this is maintenance mode.
The PD 9245 does everything I want out of a charge controller for boondocking, with the pendant installed. It gets batteries up there again pretty quick, and lets the solar top off the balance to 14.8V with my Wenmac adjustable voltage charge controller.
Still waiting on a Trojan T1275 with 150 Ah. Or a pair of T105's.
Small time usage here, a 21 foot travel trailer and I'm the type to turn everything off when not in use.
What remains to be seen is how well the Eu1000i recharges a set of T105's down at the 40% SOC level and how long in bulk charge, time wise, to get them back to 90%. 112 amps to get back. And it goes a lot slower the closer you get to 90% SOC.
