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MEXICOWANDERER
Dec 03, 2018Explorer
Deep Cycle :)
Deep Cell is a tall cell :)
It'll work just fine. Do as recommended as keep the charging voltage at 14.4
Above I tried to correct some misinformation that all AGM batteries are the same.
Avoid not 100% charging an AGM battery at least once every 10 days. One skip is OK a second in a row causes an AGM to lose capacity and you have to practically have to do handstands with a charger to get that lost capacity back. Conventional RV batteries are even worse so AGM is not a step down.
SOLAR IS EFFICIENT! Make no mistake about it...
Replace the bulk of overnight losses with your generator and converter. When charging reduces to 30 amps kill the generator and let solar take over. Obviously this means morning charging over coffee. When your amp gauge indicates zero with solar the battery is charged. But be sure when camping the solar controller is frozen at 14.4 volts beginning to end. You need to change back to automatic when not camping. The word FLOAT does not exist when boondock camping.
Don't worry about too much time spent at 14.4 volts when boondocking.
You'll do fine. ENJOY!
Deep Cell is a tall cell :)
It'll work just fine. Do as recommended as keep the charging voltage at 14.4
Above I tried to correct some misinformation that all AGM batteries are the same.
Avoid not 100% charging an AGM battery at least once every 10 days. One skip is OK a second in a row causes an AGM to lose capacity and you have to practically have to do handstands with a charger to get that lost capacity back. Conventional RV batteries are even worse so AGM is not a step down.
SOLAR IS EFFICIENT! Make no mistake about it...
Replace the bulk of overnight losses with your generator and converter. When charging reduces to 30 amps kill the generator and let solar take over. Obviously this means morning charging over coffee. When your amp gauge indicates zero with solar the battery is charged. But be sure when camping the solar controller is frozen at 14.4 volts beginning to end. You need to change back to automatic when not camping. The word FLOAT does not exist when boondock camping.
Don't worry about too much time spent at 14.4 volts when boondocking.
You'll do fine. ENJOY!
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