Muddydogs wrote:
Just checked out how well I'm doing, of course the battery's are charged so I was not getting much from the solar so I turned on every light in the trailer and the controller said it was putting 7.5 amps stead into the battery's.
There is only one adjustment for voltage and its a voltage off setting. Where would you guys recommend setting this level at? Factory is 13.8.
That is the Vabs and Float so "it depends" I use 14.8 for camping on solar, and don't mind it staying at 14.8 till dark (the batts get a lower voltage rest each night, so don't need the controller to drop to float of 13.x)
If using the solar as a battery maintainer when not camping, IMO pick the battery spec's float voltage (13.x) and let the temp comp adjust that for your climate.
Right now with full batts is a good time to jack up the voltage to something higher and wait to see what voltage it actually stops at, so you will know the "error" to allow for when setting the voltage.
