First Time Boondocking Plan - Tech Question
I am trying to learn & prepare to Boondock for 12 days in Oct. I have a standard 5er setup (two 6 volt batteries) and a 2000w Honda generator. For convenience I purchased a battery level indicator at ...
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I thought you used a load tester only after the batts were deemed "full" (by whatever indicator)
What good is a load tester after a 50-90?
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There seems to be some sort of "crossing the line" as in "going too far," where you do 50-90s and have all sorts of trouble afterwards, and doing 85-97s such as on solar where you don't see so much of that kind of trouble ( if you have enough solar for the size of the bank to do that.)
I suppose it is to do with battery chemistry magic, but it is for sure you can go for a longer time camping with "incomplete recharges" when the recharges are only 3% incomplete than you can when they are 10% incomplete.
Again that is with Wets. I have no info on comparable AGM situations.
If we are to compare Wets vs AGMs for camping off-grid, we should make sure we are both doing 50-90s in a row for how long, and not compare doing 50-90s on Wets vs 85-97s on AGMs
What good is a load tester after a 50-90?
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There seems to be some sort of "crossing the line" as in "going too far," where you do 50-90s and have all sorts of trouble afterwards, and doing 85-97s such as on solar where you don't see so much of that kind of trouble ( if you have enough solar for the size of the bank to do that.)
I suppose it is to do with battery chemistry magic, but it is for sure you can go for a longer time camping with "incomplete recharges" when the recharges are only 3% incomplete than you can when they are 10% incomplete.
Again that is with Wets. I have no info on comparable AGM situations.
If we are to compare Wets vs AGMs for camping off-grid, we should make sure we are both doing 50-90s in a row for how long, and not compare doing 50-90s on Wets vs 85-97s on AGMs
