solar panel hooked directly to battery
I've heard of some folks hooking a small solar panel directly to the battery to charge or maintain it. But some panels (my 70W, for instance) can peak its output as high as 17V. My question is, how ...
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if the battery is fully charged, sitting in storage
then that 17v could damage the battery by drying it out, same way the old magtec converters
you can buy a $10 controller for that 70w panel and be safe
which is more important to you, the $10 and a little time involved to install
or that battery ?
if your going to use solar then you should use a charge controller
then that 17v could damage the battery by drying it out, same way the old magtec converters
you can buy a $10 controller for that 70w panel and be safe
which is more important to you, the $10 and a little time involved to install
or that battery ?
if your going to use solar then you should use a charge controller
