recharging while driving
I'm winding my way south and boondocking. Last power was in Regina, SK I used a heating pad and lots of computer time last night, powering them from a 400 watt MSW inverter. Batteries were at...
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Don,
This is probably scratching the bottom of the barrel for a cause ... but from reading your post above it sounds like your solar controller feeds both the coach batteries and the engine battery?
If so, I wonder if - when the coach batteries come up to about 14.2 volts - the solar controller naturally (or because it's defective) starts to backfeed current from the higher voltage coach batteries into the lower voltage engine battery?
Maybe the solar controller is causing what you saw ... just a thought. :h
This is probably scratching the bottom of the barrel for a cause ... but from reading your post above it sounds like your solar controller feeds both the coach batteries and the engine battery?
If so, I wonder if - when the coach batteries come up to about 14.2 volts - the solar controller naturally (or because it's defective) starts to backfeed current from the higher voltage coach batteries into the lower voltage engine battery?
Maybe the solar controller is causing what you saw ... just a thought. :h
