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Battery charging
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06/20/17 07:40 PM
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Anyone with input on using a solar system to keep your bats charged? I'm looking into getting a panel & charge controller to keep my batteries up. What works & what's the best?
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Re: Battery charging
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06/20/17 08:07 PM
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Which batteries? How much load on them?
Cast I have a short attention spa
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Re: Battery charging
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06/20/17 09:02 PM
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We use them at work, but they are not that junk Walmart sells. I think they would work real well with a quality unit that controls output. If you run hard and going back the next day I would put it on a 110 charger just to be safe.
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Re: Battery charging
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06/21/17 01:31 AM
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I have seen them on the hard roof of pontoon boats I think is a great ideal, let us know if it works and how well.
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Re: Battery charging
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06/21/17 03:06 AM
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You could run the DC into an inverter and just plug right into your onboard, I don't know how cost effective it would be.
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Re: Battery charging
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06/21/17 03:57 AM
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Which batteries? How much load on them? There will not be a load on them, I want to use a solar system to recharge & keep them charged while in storage. Two Wal-Mart 31 & two 29 group size batteries. The two 31's are for my tm & one 29 is for my electronics & the other for cranking. Thanks for the replies guys & I will update this thread when I get the system working....
Last edited by SK.; 06/21/17 03:58 AM.
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Re: Battery charging
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06/21/17 07:19 PM
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Think I'm just gonna have to jump in & make this happen.....don't seem like there's many folks that use solar panels....I done quite a bit of research but just wanted confirmation that what I'm going to do will work....this will be too charge & keep charged the 4 bats I have in my boat... I'll be charging my 24v for the tm with one 100w solar panel & 30a charge controller & on my other 2 bats I'm gonna make a cable to tie them in parallel just for charging & use another 100w panel & 30a charge controller for them.... With all the research I've done I'm thinking this will keep them fully charged....
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Re: Battery charging
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06/21/17 07:28 PM
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Solar is awesome! I haven't used it for boat batteries like that, but I have solar on my house ans my electric bill averages $1 per month! Very low maintenance. I also use the small solar maintainers to keep my Atv batteries up and they work great.
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Re: Battery charging
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06/21/17 07:30 PM
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I get my solar stuff from Kencove.com. They have panels, mounts, and controllers.
Cast I have a short attention spa
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Re: Battery charging
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06/21/17 08:28 PM
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Thanks guys... I'll check their site...
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