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wopachop
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Jun 28, 2018

Pull batts in the summer?--1a draw good for batts w/ solar?

I was reading threads here and came across advice that its good to cycle a deep cycle battery once a month? My trailer has (2) 12v batteries and a solar panel that keeps them topped off, regardless of...
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red31
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Jun 29, 2018
wopachop wrote:
Oh darn i disconnect the controller from the batteries all the time!!!
That can damage the controller?


A common warning in controller manuals.
Plenty of solar suitcases that have PWM controller always attached and occasionally attach to batt with no issue.
Seems more critical for mppt controllers.

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