What I learned about maintaining batteries while boondocking
To charge with the onboard or use an external stand alone charger. Here's what I concluded during my week of boondocking. https://youtu.be/IgQTtnEXlU4
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westend, thanks for that link. I am embarrassed to say this, but I am really looking forward to measuring the real-time performance of my on-board charger, plotting out the results, comparing that to the stand-alone plug-in charger, and comparing that to the output of my solar panel.
I know that the results probably won't change much about how I routinely deal with my batteries, but this stuff is just interesting to me. And it could be useful. For example, if (as I suspect) TooTall's test is correct (i.e., that the stand-alone charger does a much better job of jamming in the juice than the on-board converter does), that tells me that if and when I ever need juice in a hurry, I should fire up my generator (a rare event!!) and plug in the charger.
I know that the results probably won't change much about how I routinely deal with my batteries, but this stuff is just interesting to me. And it could be useful. For example, if (as I suspect) TooTall's test is correct (i.e., that the stand-alone charger does a much better job of jamming in the juice than the on-board converter does), that tells me that if and when I ever need juice in a hurry, I should fire up my generator (a rare event!!) and plug in the charger.
