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Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar

23-03-2013, 20:09

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Solar or AGM battery problem

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Posted By SvenG

To add a summarey chapter ...

It's been 8 months and I'm happy to report that the "fix" was not temporary.

I have no argument with the reports about Lifeline AGMs not living up to their specs but in our case they seem to be...

Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar

07-12-2012, 19:59

Replies: 23

Solar or AGM battery problem

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Posted By SvenG

Re: Solar or AGM battery problem

With 250 Ah per day usage I think they are out of our league by almost an order of magnitude (given their bank capacity) ... but I still appreciate the post and may ask Lifeline to use us as a...

Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar

07-12-2012, 19:45

Replies: 23

Solar or AGM battery problem

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Posted By SvenG

Re: Solar or AGM battery problem

With all LED lighting and all of the rest of the Amp saving measures it actually makes sense (I was going to say it adds up but that didn't look right ;)).

-Sven

Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar

07-12-2012, 15:26

Replies: 23

Solar or AGM battery problem

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Posted By SvenG

Problem was a poor connection !

We're very happy.

We dug down to the batteries and redid the connections, tightening some and re-doing a couple of crimps.

Of course, this morning was socked in ... but drumroll ... the...

Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar

06-12-2012, 15:01

Replies: 23

Solar or AGM battery problem

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Posted By SvenG

Re: Solar or AGM battery problem

I am really hoping Mark is right and suspect he is (even if that's wishful thinking). I incidentally got a private e-mail with the following suggestion

Right before I came up to get my e-mail...

Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar

06-12-2012, 11:01

Replies: 23

Solar or AGM battery problem

Views: 3,504

Posted By SvenG

Re: Solar or AGM battery problem

It might indeed be optimistic as the 22 Amps were at 14.4 volts = 316 watts. I only saw that once, for a few minutes, but I sure wasn't complaining :viking:

Until now the system has been...

Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar

06-12-2012, 10:52

Replies: 23

Solar or AGM battery problem

Views: 3,504

Posted By SvenG

Re: Solar or AGM battery problem

The output of the panels goes up as the load increases, up to the point where it matches the maximum the panels can put out. That's an empirical observation, not sure how it is implemented.

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Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar

05-12-2012, 14:47

Replies: 23

Solar or AGM battery problem

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Posted By SvenG

Solar or AGM battery problem

Something seems wrong with the up-til-now-perfect solar charging system or the batteries, but I don't know what.

(Note, these are AGM batteries.)

We've been all solar for 6 months now, not...

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