Leisure Battery Life In This Hot Weather ??
- Thread starter Anthony Ball
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App is great for reviewing performance and history.
we got this coming . . . .
https://uk.renogy.com/files/file-download/2017/11/20171115_125217_100w_suitcase_wadv30_manual.pdf
hopefully it will be a good start/entry level introduction into Solar.
yes its mobile and only 100W, but the idea is to use it mobile for camping and keep the beer fridge leisure batteries topped up.
Warm beer is never good at any time!
on a side note, its summer and very sunny so Solar is the hot topic . . . . .
But . . . .
whats it like in winter? ie low sun levels and short days?
totally useless or some help? does any of your setups work at all in autumn or winter?
The plan is to use it to top up these beer fridge batteries . . . .
which are currently charged up with this NOCO charger . . . .
Because it seems like the Euro6 smart alternator system just doesn't charge up the batteries properly....(leisure battery connected in parallel with the main starter battery with jump leads)>
with our old T5.1 all we done was connect a set of jump leads and let the old van run on tick over for half an hour . . . . . 13.8v and all was well.
It doesnt work like that with the T6, and also had the same thing with me dads Mazda SUV, he had the batteries connected together and run the car for 45mins . . . . . basically it put no charge back into the leisure battery. =[
https://uk.renogy.com/files/file-download/2017/11/20171115_125217_100w_suitcase_wadv30_manual.pdf
hopefully it will be a good start/entry level introduction into Solar.
yes its mobile and only 100W, but the idea is to use it mobile for camping and keep the beer fridge leisure batteries topped up.
Warm beer is never good at any time!
on a side note, its summer and very sunny so Solar is the hot topic . . . . .
But . . . .
whats it like in winter? ie low sun levels and short days?
totally useless or some help? does any of your setups work at all in autumn or winter?
The plan is to use it to top up these beer fridge batteries . . . .
which are currently charged up with this NOCO charger . . . .
Because it seems like the Euro6 smart alternator system just doesn't charge up the batteries properly....(leisure battery connected in parallel with the main starter battery with jump leads)>
with our old T5.1 all we done was connect a set of jump leads and let the old van run on tick over for half an hour . . . . . 13.8v and all was well.
It doesnt work like that with the T6, and also had the same thing with me dads Mazda SUV, he had the batteries connected together and run the car for 45mins . . . . . basically it put no charge back into the leisure battery. =[
My beer stayed cold throughout CJ lol
Some pics and details in this thread - How've You Installed Your Solar Panel?we
Its finally arrived........
the renology 100w suitcase . . . . .
It comes with a fairly decent looking PWM charge controller. . . . . . .
2x panels . . . . 100w total
just had to plug it right into one of the leisure batteries for a test . . . .
Seems its generating 0.9A with the sun behind some clouds . . . . . and was at 1.7A just before with a small bit of sun.
Free Energy . . . . . =]
The start of my Solar adventure has begun . . . . .
Edit- Sun has gone in now so its a grey over cast day . . . . . . . But the charge controller is still showing battery charging at a rate of 0.3A.. so still generating power. only 300mA but thats better than nothing right.
the renology 100w suitcase . . . . .
It comes with a fairly decent looking PWM charge controller. . . . . . .
2x panels . . . . 100w total
just had to plug it right into one of the leisure batteries for a test . . . .
Seems its generating 0.9A with the sun behind some clouds . . . . . and was at 1.7A just before with a small bit of sun.
Free Energy . . . . . =]
The start of my Solar adventure has begun . . . . .
Edit- Sun has gone in now so its a grey over cast day . . . . . . . But the charge controller is still showing battery charging at a rate of 0.3A.. so still generating power. only 300mA but thats better than nothing right.
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Just come back from France and my son has converted a crafter with the same fridge and getting about the same amount of days as you. Plus with this heat the fridge did really struggle as it was 35, the butter was more like soft spread
