Interaction of Solar and Alternator
My camper has a single 100W roof-mount panel, which meets my power needs (2 @ 6V batteries) when the sun shines. However, when camping among trees for several days it is easy to consume 70 to 100 Ah ...
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red31 wrote:
I thought the start battery is much closer to the alternator voltage sense and therefore after a short bust of amps, they taper drastically as the starter battery is up to snuff.
I've wondered that too: does the truck's ever-more controlling computer tell the alternator to lay off once the starter battery is recharged? Some time ago I did connect to truck voltage (through the OBD-2) and verified that the output voltage remains in the 14.2 range over a longer haul.
