What's a good battery level monitor?
What's a good monitor that I can install in my Casita to see the battery level throughout the day? Ideally a monitor that draws minimal power since we boondock frequently. When we're camping in an...
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Capacity is a matter chemistry and chemical reaction increases with temperature,
And I do my best to not go below 70% SOC,
This morning I was at 83% capacity,
Colder weather will mean more heater runtime and lower SOC in the mornings,
But like I said batteries are in the heated basement,
My capacity does Not shift very much because of temperature,
Any drift/shift is the Perkurk? Effect (chemical reaction ) from evening and morning MW use,
Which BTW is also/more so, on your use
So if I use 80 AmpHrs over night, its really more, when I do the charging,
When the monitor says full but the charge rate is 3amps, no problem I'm in the high 90s SOC,
I can stop if I want or keep going
If the charge rate is high , 10 amps or more then I know I should keep charging until the batteries are full, goes to float or at least tapers to the right value,
Monitor saying full capacity, means the measured discharge has been returned, Does Not mean batteries at saturation level
You and I are trying to achieve the same thing
But your doing math with too many variables
While I watch for my recharge rate to reach the correct threshold
BTW this monitor has more setting that I do Not know the use of, and have left the values at default, there is probably one for recharge compensation, but the instructions weren't much help with that
And I do my best to not go below 70% SOC,
This morning I was at 83% capacity,
Colder weather will mean more heater runtime and lower SOC in the mornings,
But like I said batteries are in the heated basement,
My capacity does Not shift very much because of temperature,
Any drift/shift is the Perkurk? Effect (chemical reaction ) from evening and morning MW use,
Which BTW is also/more so, on your use
So if I use 80 AmpHrs over night, its really more, when I do the charging,
When the monitor says full but the charge rate is 3amps, no problem I'm in the high 90s SOC,
I can stop if I want or keep going
If the charge rate is high , 10 amps or more then I know I should keep charging until the batteries are full, goes to float or at least tapers to the right value,
Monitor saying full capacity, means the measured discharge has been returned, Does Not mean batteries at saturation level
You and I are trying to achieve the same thing
But your doing math with too many variables
While I watch for my recharge rate to reach the correct threshold
BTW this monitor has more setting that I do Not know the use of, and have left the values at default, there is probably one for recharge compensation, but the instructions weren't much help with that
