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Dakota98
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Dec 14, 2014

Solar as battery maintenance during storage - opinions

Having suffered a neck injury, it has become difficult to lift anything 25 lbs or more & attempting to remove my batteries from the tongue of my TT is difficult at best. Currently, I keep them in the ...
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Dakota98
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Dec 15, 2014
MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
On a small rig using an absorbed glass mat battery and a chassis disconnect switch is viable. <1% month self discharge, a six months storage = a 94% charged battery. No wires, no panel, no wiring, just the cost of the new AGM battery. At 20F an AGM battery self-discharges around .6% per month.


I like the idea of AGM's, but these GC's only have one season on them, so that will have to wait until they become deceased.

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