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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What might be ideal, as the SoC nears 100%, would be a desulfating mode, similar to my Battery Minders, which pulses a small charge, as opposed to a constant current. This is useful for keeping the batteries from boiling, and is helps keeps the battery plates usable.
