27-04-2018, 02:19 PM
(27-04-2018, 11:24 AM)Eeyore Wrote: Looks great. So that solar panel in sun is charging 12v at 8.2A? Sounds mad as thats more than a mains charger.
the solar panel is a 220W panel or 7.4amps at 30v
I am running the charge controller set to a float charge of 13.8v so not to cook the batterys
i should be able to get around 15amps at 14volts this is only dependant on a few things,
the sun!
if the battery's are discharged and able to take the charge current!
remember the charge controller will manage the battery charge and throttle the current back to constant Voltage when the batterys are topped off
Oh! the system also feeds back to the starter battery too so should never suffer a flat starter battery
this has already shown to be good as the van turns over a lot better now
https://www.check-mot.service.gov.uk/
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