What can you do with solar?
Hi, Please reply with what your solar system can do to enhance your RV'ing experience. Please list the number of watts, Charge controller, inverter (if any) and amp-hours of battery bank 256 ...
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pianotuna wrote:
Hi Niner,
ummm Do you think six volt jars will reduce the energy consumption some how?NinerBikes wrote:
I doubt that once I get the gc-2 6V batteries, that I'll be going through more than 45 or 50 A/hrs a day. Closer to 30 or 35 is my guess.
Not at all, but it will increase the level of margin of % of discharge... ie it will take 3x the usage to get to 50% SOC with the 6v jugs, and the Golf cart batteries are far more forgiving if you go a little deeper into their reserves than a WalMart special group 24. 6v jugs are built and designed for commercial day in and day out usage. Wal Mart specials are built for maybe 150 cycles @ 50% for the bass fisherman with his trolling motors., not 700 or more, as in a couple of years of daily use in a Golf Cart, like here in Southern California, where folks golf year round.
Taking 37 amps out of a single group 24 is 50%. Pretty close and a daily routine, albeit the 120 watts of solar is plenty in this case,if the sun shines. One mistake over night or not enough recharging, and it could prove fatal to that single group 24. I'd have more margin with the golf cart batteries, and would keep them in a higher state of charge at all times, assuming same amount of usage.
Why have little jars when you can have big jugs? ;-) With 6V jugs, you can go deeper into their reserve and not worry.
