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landyacht318
Oct 16, 2012Explorer
I forgot to call the battery distributor today. I was busy adding insulation to my fridge and cabinet. A little rebuilding is necessary.
I was plugged in last night with a battery minder floating them all night, and the solar could not bring the batteries upto 14.8 volts today even taking all loads off the batteries(fridge/fans).
The solar seems to be down by 20% despite cloud free skies. Only getting 9 amps max from 198 watts. Used to seeing at least 11.5 in these conditions.
I'm starting to think I should unparallel the batteries and see if one drops to 10.5. I'd think the Hydrometer would indicate a shorted cell, but it could have happened since I last checked.
I was plugged in last night with a battery minder floating them all night, and the solar could not bring the batteries upto 14.8 volts today even taking all loads off the batteries(fridge/fans).
The solar seems to be down by 20% despite cloud free skies. Only getting 9 amps max from 198 watts. Used to seeing at least 11.5 in these conditions.
I'm starting to think I should unparallel the batteries and see if one drops to 10.5. I'd think the Hydrometer would indicate a shorted cell, but it could have happened since I last checked.
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