Deep cycle recharge question
1996 Chevrolet Express conversion van
2 gc 2 sams club golf batteries
75 amp Powermax boondocker charger
Honda 2000
I run a 12 volt fridge , 12 v car stereo, 12 v tv sometimes
Water pump 3 minutes a day , charge cell phones , occasionally a 12 volt truck driver oven wit no problem ever!
Recently started using my Propex furnace for the first time since I bought it 3 years ago and Propane usage no problem , better then I expected , running non stop a standard 20# tank lasts at least 3 days , I'm averaging 5 days .
The thing is I absolutely love this Propex but it sucks my battery juice .
E.g yesterday morning I fire up my generator at 9:30 am , I walk into work , work 2.5 hours go on break at noon , shut down honda.
Work rest of day and get off work at 4pm , run everything as ussual including propex , every thing works fine all night , I charge again at midnight , quit charging 2 hours late 2am , run propex all night and next day , next day 11am hit my lights and there very dim.
So I fire up Honda and no problem because my lights work , propex works ( I'm never cold ) everything always works but I started thinking , running the batteries down until the lights are dim , Is this damaging my batteries , or is this a good way to tell its time to charge .
Larry
2 gc 2 sams club golf batteries
75 amp Powermax boondocker charger
Honda 2000
I run a 12 volt fridge , 12 v car stereo, 12 v tv sometimes
Water pump 3 minutes a day , charge cell phones , occasionally a 12 volt truck driver oven wit no problem ever!
Recently started using my Propex furnace for the first time since I bought it 3 years ago and Propane usage no problem , better then I expected , running non stop a standard 20# tank lasts at least 3 days , I'm averaging 5 days .
The thing is I absolutely love this Propex but it sucks my battery juice .
E.g yesterday morning I fire up my generator at 9:30 am , I walk into work , work 2.5 hours go on break at noon , shut down honda.
Work rest of day and get off work at 4pm , run everything as ussual including propex , every thing works fine all night , I charge again at midnight , quit charging 2 hours late 2am , run propex all night and next day , next day 11am hit my lights and there very dim.
So I fire up Honda and no problem because my lights work , propex works ( I'm never cold ) everything always works but I started thinking , running the batteries down until the lights are dim , Is this damaging my batteries , or is this a good way to tell its time to charge .
Larry
