PD9260, how does it work?
Anybody looked closely at this charger to see how it determines the battery status? For the first time I've forced it into "bulk" mode (fixed 14.4V) with the pendant (more like "absorb" if you ask ...
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BFL13 wrote:
The solar controller does not tell you the charge current. It tells you the current being supplied through the controller to the RV, some of which is going towards battery charging.
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Yep. But after boondocking without shore power, when I first connect to 120VAC, I isolate the batts and solar charger and PD9260 from the rest of the RV (using the old WFCO converter to provide 12V to the trailer). And then charge up the batts in isolation, and possibly equalize them.
Don't have a Trimetric. But this would certainly be a good time for one. Or I guess measuring the Sp. Gr. would also work.
Think I'll just wait for some sunshine and let the Rogue do it's thing. After all, we are on our way to Florida. The sun's gotta come out sometime.
