First real trip out with solar panel
SoloPower SP1-85 85Watt flexible solar panel wired into MPPT Tracer 2210RN charge controller into an Interstate 80ah battery (came with the camper, do have plans for upgrade probably next season). Lin...
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Rbertalotto wrote:
Something sounds strange here...80AH battery taken down to "1/3" and being nearly fully charged with an 80w panel....
Can someone that knows more than I do the math here......Just trying to understand this better.
Also, taking a battery down more than 50% causes irreversible damage...no?
I am not claiming these tests were scientific, I even specifically said they are not, I am using the cheap crappy "micro monitor" panel in the RV, they are known to be terribly inaccurate. I assume my charge controller has a slightly smarter battery meter (though without the LCD accessory, all I have to go by is LED color) and it briefly dipped out of green into orange after my morning shower, never hit red.
And I am fully aware I have probably damaged my battery in the past, and maybe on this trip too depending on how accurate my inaccurate meters are, I don't really care about this battery, it's the cheap factory battery, I have plans to replace it anyways and add more monitoring, and be much more careful about how I treat it then.
