RC
My revamped battery system is working quite well, thank you!
I haven't, until recently, been sitting off grid at all. Either motoring or at a dock regularly for a full topping up of the battery bank.
But for the last 2 months I've been on a mooring. Solar and wind plus an occasional run of the engine have kept the system at 85 to 95 SOC and voltage is 14.7 on sunny afternoons to 12.6 and usually above 12.8 at night. Occasionally with hi loads it drops to 12.5 but I rectify that ASAP.
I have not been up to 100% in 2 months. How hard is this on the batteries and is my only recourse a trip to the marina for a night or 8 hours of motoring?
Thnx!
Ed
My revamped battery system is working quite well, thank you!
I haven't, until recently, been sitting off grid at all. Either motoring or at a dock regularly for a full topping up of the battery bank.
But for the last 2 months I've been on a mooring. Solar and wind plus an occasional run of the engine have kept the system at 85 to 95 SOC and voltage is 14.7 on sunny afternoons to 12.6 and usually above 12.8 at night. Occasionally with hi loads it drops to 12.5 but I rectify that ASAP.
I have not been up to 100% in 2 months. How hard is this on the batteries and is my only recourse a trip to the marina for a night or 8 hours of motoring?
Thnx!
Ed