Solar JUST to recharging house battery?
I have an old 84 Class C and I am 99% sure the engine alternator does NOT charge the house battery. So I was thinking of just getting ONE solar panel that will JUST charge the house battery while ...
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So, I don't see anything that looks like if may be a battery isolator under the hood. There really is not much room for anything under there. It was converted from a '84 Chevy G30 and the engine area is tight! Still, it may be there somewhere?
When I put a meter on the house lines without the battery connected, there did seem to be "some" charge there? But it was like .5, then .6, .7, .8... It seemed to increase but really slowly. Nothing like what I get from the house charger. Maybe it is supposed to send a really small current? Maybe I was getting a reading from something else.
As far as solar... I was planning on just one 100w panel. I am only using a small amount of electricity from the house battery and only for a few hours at most. So I expect the battery to be barely drained AND that I will have ALL day for the panel to recharge it. It is mostly just running two or three, small LED lights that use like .5 amps. And I guess the water pump when I flush the toilet.
When I put a meter on the house lines without the battery connected, there did seem to be "some" charge there? But it was like .5, then .6, .7, .8... It seemed to increase but really slowly. Nothing like what I get from the house charger. Maybe it is supposed to send a really small current? Maybe I was getting a reading from something else.
As far as solar... I was planning on just one 100w panel. I am only using a small amount of electricity from the house battery and only for a few hours at most. So I expect the battery to be barely drained AND that I will have ALL day for the panel to recharge it. It is mostly just running two or three, small LED lights that use like .5 amps. And I guess the water pump when I flush the toilet.
