telecom batteries and boondocking
Hi all, First night boondocking on the new batteries. I ran a computer for 5 hours (100 watts) via my large inverter, and a 7 amp 12 volt heating blanket for 7 hours. Battery voltage started ...
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Day 3 and finally decent solar harvest.
My small inverter and parasitic loads amount to about 3.5 amps. So today the solar is running my laptop--and putting energy into the battery bank.
I did run the generator for .75 hours as it was 1 C this morning at 6 a.m. During the generator run of .25 hours for breakfast the Magnum was in float at 13.8 with 20 amps showing. That means 16.5 going into the battery bank, plus what ever the panels are 'doing'.
See day 4 for the rest of day 3.
My small inverter and parasitic loads amount to about 3.5 amps. So today the solar is running my laptop--and putting energy into the battery bank.
I did run the generator for .75 hours as it was 1 C this morning at 6 a.m. During the generator run of .25 hours for breakfast the Magnum was in float at 13.8 with 20 amps showing. That means 16.5 going into the battery bank, plus what ever the panels are 'doing'.
See day 4 for the rest of day 3.
