Reviewing Solar and batteries for retirement
Hello, I have a fiver that hasn't had it proper share of use and we are now getting ready to fix that issue. We tend to dry camp but will utilize campgrounds if available. We had solar (120 X 2) and i...
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Display on controller is what I am using to monitor the charging. But it provides tons of data, compared to most other standalone controllers.
Without battery monitor that keeps track of amper-hours going in and out of battery, you need other pointers. Ex, how much time controller stayed in Absorption, what was the current when it exited Abs and went into Float, how many hours it stayed in Float afterwards, and total amp-hours it generated from down to dusk. All this is stored in memory and available for reviewing for the last 30 days. It's still not the same a proper battery monitor, but for my pattern of energy use it's good enough.
Without battery monitor that keeps track of amper-hours going in and out of battery, you need other pointers. Ex, how much time controller stayed in Absorption, what was the current when it exited Abs and went into Float, how many hours it stayed in Float afterwards, and total amp-hours it generated from down to dusk. All this is stored in memory and available for reviewing for the last 30 days. It's still not the same a proper battery monitor, but for my pattern of energy use it's good enough.
