Charge controllers
I'm a fulltimer and my 2017 5er is almost always hooked up to shore power. I have 2 12v batteries. I 'believe' one is strictly for the inverter circuit (residential frig and possibly WH). The other ba...
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I will second Piano on this.
There is a little known battery rule Peukert's effect
The short version is this: The faster you draw down a battery the faster still it runs down,,,,
So if you are drawing say a steady 10 amps a 200 amp hour battery bank should hit half full 10 hours down the road. "
Now you would think if you parallel two such banks for 400 amp hours total it would take 20 hours to get to half full but surprise, suprise, it takes LONGER,
There is a little known battery rule Peukert's effect
The short version is this: The faster you draw down a battery the faster still it runs down,,,,
So if you are drawing say a steady 10 amps a 200 amp hour battery bank should hit half full 10 hours down the road. "
Now you would think if you parallel two such banks for 400 amp hours total it would take 20 hours to get to half full but surprise, suprise, it takes LONGER,
