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mockturtle
Explorer II
Feb 16, 2020

Solar energy when battery disconnect is applied

My ignorance of solar energy and controllers is colossal. I'm planning to leave my RV for a few weeks with the house batteries disconnected to avoid dead batteries when I return. What will happen to...
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time2roll
Nomad
Feb 18, 2020
mockturtle wrote:
Nah, I'm just going to leave the batteries connected. At the worst, they'll be dead when I get back. They're over five years old (AGMs) and, though they are still good, replacing them wouldn't be a crisis.
Yup. If you are not going to lose any sleep over it then by all means let the solar do its thing.

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