BFL13 wrote:
Solar is just a way to stretch out the time between generator or shore power recharges. You can stretch out that time from every day to every second day to every few months, depending. So what are you expecting/wanting to do?
I use solar to do the vast majority of battery maintenance. For me it is unlikely to be shore power that gets my bank to 100%.
Any time there are 60 watts of solar per 100 amp-hours of storage, shore power is no longer required for full recharging and equalizing a bank.
I would venture to say that shore power and generator are, in my case, used for opportunity charging. But, I do have two identical battery banks--so I can charge one while using the other.
