Gjac wrote:
Dan in reading your posts and looking at the beautiful photos you always post with them, I believe while all this technology that was posted here while very informative, someone that likes to boondock like yourself, I would just get 2 6v GC batteries with 230amp hrs and not worry about an expensive way to monitor them. Just check voltage when you get up each morning and go hiking for the day and take some more photos. 230 amp hrs will last you a week before you need to recharge.
DING, DING, DING, we have a winner!
No matter what battery you chose to use, they ALL degrade in capacity over time whether it has been used or not. Whether they are fully charged 100% or in some partial state of charge they ALL degrade in capacity.
Batteries are considered a "consumable" item, as such you use them and consume them until they no longer have enough capacity for your needs.
Meters are just there to monitor your progress and nothing more. Perhaps you might squeak out an additional one or two months more life with critical monitoring down to the last electron every second but in the end you still will have to replace the battery eventually.
Sometimes life works a lot better by not trying to helicopter and hover over things you cannot control?
I go camping to LEAVE technology behind, when I am camping, technology is the last thing on my mind, it no longer dominates and controls me when I am away from it and now able to concentrate on the beauty of this Earth around me.
Simply buy enough battery capacity to handle your needs for a specified time and supplement with some solar and/or generator as needed and don't sweat the small details in life..
