Had to Lower My Solar Float Voltage-Update
Updated 9 July Just a note for folks in a similar situation. My usual procedure in a normal summer here with my set-up with the Eco-Worthy controller (adjustable Absorb and adjustable Float ) is...
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JiminDenver wrote:
I'm going to miss pointing the panels east in the morning. Float by 9 am and the solar covers everything but the biggest loads for the rest of the day. Then again 3 250w flat should cover what one 230w did tracking. The two 245w tracking saw 23-26a as soon as the sun burned off the frost on the panels, I'll miss that at 6 am. The three 250w's tracking could almost run the A/C at sun up but I'd probably use the 470w stove top to cook breakfast instead.
So with a inexpensive solar set up you are doing what people with expensive generators and fancy converters have been trying to accomplish for years. The ability to force feed the bank until it doesn't need a long tedious float stage. Pretty sweet as long as it isn't damaging the battery somehow.
It is just that daily AH usage is so low in the summer despite microwave, kettle, and toaster besides the usual TV, etc that the solar can keep up easily.
Anyway, I have time to go out and twirl the panel every so often instead of being stuck with my head in the laptop trying to program my fancy kabillion dollar solar controller so it will at least do something! (Tee hee)
