Stupid battery and solar questions
I figure I am going to have a lot of them, so I better put all in one thread :B. My situation: - I mainly want solar for running residential freezer and fridge, maybe also for charging my shave ...
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NinerBikes wrote:You KNOW what happened last time I tried picking those up. Slowly getting better tho..SCVJeff wrote:NinerBikes wrote:Hows urs hangin' ? Have you had a chance to see if it can do its rating?
That Deka 145 is the same battery I bought. You want to let your solar panel recharge it at 14.4V. It does recharge slowly...............
I have not tested it's rating. Right now, it's hanging out in my garage, waiting for me to resolve some family issues before I can go and use it on a fly fishing trip to Yellowstone in the Travel Trailer. Though I don't need to, I top charge it once a month.
It rarely takes more than 2 amps, total, per month, to top charge it if it has been sitting in storage.
Maybe if you feel like testing it, have at it... but I don't see the need in running perhaps an extra 50% cycle on it. Hopefully, it will get at least 10 - 14 cycles in June, camping.
I believe it does weigh 105#, so it's not fun to move around. It's kind of risky on the lower back. Moving them around is a young man's game, not for the faint or the weak.
