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mrad
Explorer II
Oct 10, 2020

Please critique decision on batteries and charging

First off, I want to thank all that have offered advice on how I should have the battery system set up on the new to us toy hauler we will be picking up on Wednesday. The biggest downfall I have with ...
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theoldwizard1
Explorer II
Oct 11, 2020
BFL13 wrote:
YIf you have solar you can get them to a higher SOC before dark. In that case, do your 50-80 in the morning and let the solar do what it can the rest of the day. You can run the solar while doing your gen/charger to get more amps--just leave the solar on all day--it will do whatever it can.

A properly sized solar system (and adequate sunlight) will recharge your batteries AND do the long, slow equalization charge as necessary.

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