Solar Controller Battery Draw Amount?
This is a confused sort of post because I am confused. I was trying to get to the minimum amps for knowing when my AGMs were truly full and to do that I tried to get all the other draws down to ne...
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I probably got what Doug said confused too. Here is what he said:
"..... YES, I am saying, MOST Inverter/Chargers will not function the Charger section if NO batteries(good or bad) are connected. Remember, Inverter/Chargers are NOT like CONVERTERS. Inverter/Chargers supply power TO THE BATTERIES, then the batteries supply power to the RV 12 volt systems. Inverter/Chargers NEED a load(batteries) to determine what to do with the 12 volt charger section........"
I always understood that the loads come first because they take from the higher voltage source like the 13.x volt converter instead of from the 12.x volt battery.
I suppose I am getting mixed up between the time before the charger starts charging, when it is drawing 12.x from the battery, and after it starts charging when it gets its "12v" from itself?
Except apparently, the charger part of an inverter/charger can't make its own? I need more coffee! :(
"..... YES, I am saying, MOST Inverter/Chargers will not function the Charger section if NO batteries(good or bad) are connected. Remember, Inverter/Chargers are NOT like CONVERTERS. Inverter/Chargers supply power TO THE BATTERIES, then the batteries supply power to the RV 12 volt systems. Inverter/Chargers NEED a load(batteries) to determine what to do with the 12 volt charger section........"
I always understood that the loads come first because they take from the higher voltage source like the 13.x volt converter instead of from the 12.x volt battery.
I suppose I am getting mixed up between the time before the charger starts charging, when it is drawing 12.x from the battery, and after it starts charging when it gets its "12v" from itself?
Except apparently, the charger part of an inverter/charger can't make its own? I need more coffee! :(
