Parasitic Draw on RV?
I am getting ready to add a small solar system to the top of my 5er to keep the batteries topped off when we leave the camper at the lake for extended periods. My wife and I generally pull the camper ...
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red31 wrote:LipschitzWrath wrote:
will it "count" amp-hours harvested even if it can't use them to serve loads or charge the battery?
No, absolutely not. During 'regulation' the controller is basically an on/off switch, when it is on it charges but during regulation it maintains batt voltage, during the OFF time no power is generated.
As the battery can not accept current (cuz it would exceed set pt voltage) the OFF time is increased, this on.off @ high frequency is how the constant voltage is maintained with increasing off time as the battery gets fuller. then it regulates float voltage the same way.
So it's entirely possible that I will get out there tomorrow and it will show little/no increase in harvest compared to at home, assuming the battery is full?
