Solar float mode: Necessary?
As a practical matter, is float mode necessary with solar charging? As an alternative, the controller would simply stop charging when the battery was full. The next day the process would repeat. ...
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There is some confusion in scenarios here. I am saying you first need to get to "full" before you drop to "float" --unless there is enough daylight left that you will still get to "full" at float before dark.
If you will not get to "full" before dark at float, stay at Vabs longer so that you will get to "full"
Some days you can't get to full even if you stay at Vabs till dark. Some days you can't even get to Vabs before dark.
You have to play each day as it comes, with the object of getting the batts to full each day, or as high as they can get short of full.
If you will not get to "full" before dark at float, stay at Vabs longer so that you will get to "full"
Some days you can't get to full even if you stay at Vabs till dark. Some days you can't even get to Vabs before dark.
You have to play each day as it comes, with the object of getting the batts to full each day, or as high as they can get short of full.
