Artum Snowbird wrote:
You guys have been on here for years so no way you let them be connected for over the winter in parasitic discharge...??? Right?
I pull mine off and leave them on the charge they have when I leave them into the dark indoor storage they like.... they seem to work in the days later...
mike
The TC is always plugged in and the batteries maintained with 13.2V applied. There is also a 64watt solar panel with a PWM controller feeding the batteries up to 14.6 and up to 3.6 Amps and drops to no current when fully charged testing every 8seconds. The contoller has temp compensation in the controller not remote at the batteries.
So yes the batteries were maintained well. We keep the TC heated and stocked ready to go at all times.
It might have been a bad batch is my guess. The TC was plugged in all the time so there was no opportunity for a bad battery to ruin a good battery. I suppose there may have been a chance it could have happened during the times we did camp and the batteries dropped to 10.2 volts after only acouple hours of use and only about 5amps running.
Looking forward to camping and giving the system a good test.
