What did you do to your rig today?

Macca · Post by **Macca** » Sun Mar 11, 2018 7:23 am

He tested the new battery charger- all good- genny coming out to-day for a run to see if all good.

bob r · Post by **bob r** » Sun Mar 11, 2018 8:05 am

Macca wrote: ↑Sun Mar 11, 2018 7:23 am He tested the new battery charger- all good- genny coming out to-day for a run to see if all good.

What happened to the old charger Kay?
Was working good at Bedford weir.

Bob

bagmaker · Post by **bagmaker** » Mon Mar 12, 2018 6:46 pm

installed a greywater tank

greywater tank.jpg

Jon and Kay · Post by **Jon and Kay** » Mon Mar 12, 2018 6:48 pm

Yep, that's where I would install a grey water tank.

jon_d · Post by **jon_d** » Mon Mar 12, 2018 7:35 pm

A ton of water up there? - don't go to fast around a corner.

bagmaker · Post by **bagmaker** » Mon Mar 12, 2018 10:53 pm

only 230 litres.
No problem for dump points that are slightly high....

BernieQ2 · Post by **BernieQ2** » Tue Mar 13, 2018 6:25 am

Hi all , problem with my batteries and or controller ?
Over the last few days my batteries have not got to 14.2/4 as normal , has been struggling to reach 13.5 . The day before yesterday in the evening I disconnected the batteries AND the solar (done at the solar controller ) input to see if I had a reverse power going on I also removed all the fuses to everything else, the batteries done the same no change , yesterday morning I reinstalled all the wires at the controller. The batteries went to 14.4 by 1pm Vic time and are at 12.5 at 5am this morning and we did watch 2.5 hours of telly last night. Was there a hiccup with the controller (Tracer) or the batteries (480amp Gel ) are they on the way out ?? The only thing running over night is the inverter and fridge .
Its confusing to see 100%soc then straight down to 50% as the sun drops ? I must add we have been in full sunlight for the last month and I have cleaned the panels (600w) also to eliminate them .
Answers?
Bernie .

jon_d · Post by **jon_d** » Tue Mar 13, 2018 7:41 am

Bernie,

just checked mine. 25.3v 484 a/h remaining, 500a/h full soc last night

At night when the fridge , inverter and TV is running, stick the current clamp meter on the battery cable and see what the current draw it.

Don't forget, you are getting a lower sun and heading into winter.

jd

bagmaker · Post by **bagmaker** » Tue Mar 13, 2018 8:06 am

if its a controller problem -and it may be- you shouldn't trust the voltage the controller shows, are you reading with a decent meter?

Post by **BruceS** » Tue Mar 13, 2018 9:09 am

Bernie can you double check that Voltage recommended for Gel batteries?
I now have a BIG bank of Gels & they don't go as high as L/A's. (13.4v only)
Definitely no regular "equalization" either!!!
Expert also told me to keep the charge under "10%" ............
600Ah so only charge at 60A absolute maximum. (@ 24v of course)

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