Solar Panels
Hi, I'm interested in installing Solar Panels on my 1998 Holiday Rambler Endeavor soon. I'm wondering if this Solar Kit a great price and way to start my sustainable journey and also what will it ...
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Hi mena,
For how long?
I did not say it would not run a microwave. My microwave is a *hog* 1591 watts (what the heck were the rv makers thinking?). That represents a load of 160 amps, or for four six volt batteries 80 amps per cell. They are happier at 25 amps per cell.
Your L-16 batteries will do it with ease, because they have a much larger surface area on the (wonderful) plates--but golf cart batteries are not nearly in that class.
What I was trying to say was that at 2000 watts demand the six volts may exhibit voltage drop (after all that works out to 100 amps per cell, or four times what they are happy with). When they are bursting full--not a problem--but how long can they sustain that demand?
The Peukert corrected amps on a 464 amp-hour battery bank for 200 amps demand is 381 amps. Now each cell is going to behave as if it has a load of 190 amps!!!! If I compare that to 12 volt jars, the (Peukert) load is still pretty high at 95 amps per cell.
Probably warming up a cup of coffee will not be a problem--but doing a tv dinner for 20 minutes is not going to make the battery bank happy (even if it were 12 volt jars). There are simply not enough amp-hours.
For how long?
I did not say it would not run a microwave. My microwave is a *hog* 1591 watts (what the heck were the rv makers thinking?). That represents a load of 160 amps, or for four six volt batteries 80 amps per cell. They are happier at 25 amps per cell.
Your L-16 batteries will do it with ease, because they have a much larger surface area on the (wonderful) plates--but golf cart batteries are not nearly in that class.
What I was trying to say was that at 2000 watts demand the six volts may exhibit voltage drop (after all that works out to 100 amps per cell, or four times what they are happy with). When they are bursting full--not a problem--but how long can they sustain that demand?
The Peukert corrected amps on a 464 amp-hour battery bank for 200 amps demand is 381 amps. Now each cell is going to behave as if it has a load of 190 amps!!!! If I compare that to 12 volt jars, the (Peukert) load is still pretty high at 95 amps per cell.
Probably warming up a cup of coffee will not be a problem--but doing a tv dinner for 20 minutes is not going to make the battery bank happy (even if it were 12 volt jars). There are simply not enough amp-hours.
