Solar needed?
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You can get a combo kit with 100 w panel and controller for pretty cheap. Just get something decent like renology or victron. Mounting the panels and running the wires will require drilling into the roof and chasing the wires. think about where you'll mount the controller in close proximity to the batteries. Many times it's easy to tuck in the back of a cabinet. Just use the proper sealants like dicor to seal up the holes in the roof. I am sure Stir crazy will be on here shortly to provide better details at mounting and using solar.
Iām a RV solar fan but with a lithium battery, that OP said he said he had, and a cutoff switch, why would he need any solar maintenance charging?
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because the only time you store them is when you are not camping or using them for a 3 month span or more. as in store I mean drop them down to 50 to 70% capacity, take them out and put them in a place that stays around 20 to 25C. if you are using them every week you want them full, but better yet most mppt solar chargers have better settings controle than any converter. so you can change the setting when you are home sitting in your driveway to maintain the battery about about 70%, by setting your boost and float voltage to 13.4V. then a day or two before you go camping you change that boost voltage back up to 14.4V and your float to say 13.4V that will fully charge your battery and give it time to ballance, and the float voltage is at 90% of capacity. personaly I will be dead before I use up cycle lives so I float at 13.6. I shallow discharge it enough that it extends life so running somthing to spec isn't going to hurt my feelings š
I don't even pull my battry out of the rv in the winter, I just use the app and shut off the battery charge and dischare in the BMS and I flip the breakers for the solar, don't need to but I do it just incase.
