Solar panels to charge battery
Is it possible to charge the house batteries with solar panels when mh is not being used for a few months? I'm not able to keep mh at my home and storage location doesn't have electricity. As always a...
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Paul Clancy wrote:Not for long if the module is tilted. I live in Central MN where we get 48"snowfall on average. Typical 6" drop of snow is melted by the following day and runs off. I did remove some snow from directly under the module's lower edge, once. That was a period of lots of wet snow that froze on the roof before melting.
If concerned about winter in Michigan your solar will be covered in snow. I'd take the batteries out. Store at home on a battery tender.
I swear solar does a better job of charging and floating batteries than I can, manually. SG measurements are always spot on. Besides, I hate lugging batteries around.
