What is the Ideal Battery Charging System?
I am a retired graduate mechanical engineer so I am not totally stupid about batteries but I have been reading many posts on this forum and I am completely overwhelmed and baffled. Specifically, I ha...
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2oldman wrote:
The only way I know my batteries are charged is when the solar controller says "Float"
The 'best' battery charger? Lots of solar with a really good controller, and not TOO many batteries.
My controller drops to float voltage before the batts are full according to the Trimetric AH counter. There isn't enough time before dark to get them to True Full at such low amps you get at high SOCs.
It is true you get closer to full before dark if you have a smaller bank wrt the amount of solar.
IMO the OP just needs a good voltmeter and an hydrometer at first to see how things go using the PD and Honda. Use shore power often enough to get back to full so the batts don't hard sulfate from too long without a complete recharge.
Later, adjust as required.
