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crcr
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Jul 21, 2014

Portable Solar Panel, hook direct to batteries temporarily?

I have a small solar system I put together, and when I sold the TT that I had installed it on, I removed it. We bought a larger TT, but I did not have time enough before the start of the camping seas...
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doughere
Explorer
Jul 21, 2014
If this is a 12 volt panel (puts out 19 to 21 volts open circuit) tied to two GC's it will probably never get near 15 volts unless you are at 100% SOC. Watch the voltage at the battery, and if it looks like you are going to go over 15 volts (I seriously doubt it) just lay the panel down.

Have a great trip,
Doug

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