Perhaps Capacity is Not King
I don't want to derail the current "charging AGM batteries" thread more than I already have. During the course of that thread I was shopping for AGM batteries, trying to determine which ones could ...
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pianotuna wrote:
Hi Westend,
Since Land uses solar, after some "bulk" charge via an alternator, in theory the battery bank gets fully charged each day.
That is exactly how I managed 31 consecutive days without pedestal power in Corpus Christi, TX while beach camping. I used inverter genny power for bulk and part way into abs charging. I ran the genny until it idled which told me it was time to let the solar finish the job. I also used a Kill-A-Watt which confirmed when the genny was not needed. At no time did any charging Volts exceed 14.4V temp-comp.
I am going to Q-zite with a caravan of fellow campers in Jan where I plan to repeat that using the same batteries, except that they are now 2 yrs older.
HTH;
John
