removing batteries for winter.
I live in a fairly cold climate and winter seems to have been hard on my batteries. This fall, I am planning on taking out the 2 – 6 volt deep cycle batteries in my fifth wheel and storing them in th...
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Hi Mile High,
Converters are crude compared to solar charge controllers. For one thing they don't do temperature compensation. Where I live it gets to -40. At -40, 13.2 volts would actually discharge a battery bank.
In an ideal world fully charge in the fall by plugging in for one week, then disconnect the battery bank and leave it in place.
There is also no guaranty that either of the users has not 'flatten' their batteries during summer time use. Batteries don't do well with such an approach.
Converters are crude compared to solar charge controllers. For one thing they don't do temperature compensation. Where I live it gets to -40. At -40, 13.2 volts would actually discharge a battery bank.
In an ideal world fully charge in the fall by plugging in for one week, then disconnect the battery bank and leave it in place.
There is also no guaranty that either of the users has not 'flatten' their batteries during summer time use. Batteries don't do well with such an approach.
Mile High wrote:pianotuna wrote:I'm not clear on how that solved the issue? Both the guys that had the failures over winter said they were plugged in so they were already charging them.
I solved the issue by adding a modest solar system. The batteries lasted 10 years.
