Homeless in Canada
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I'm only using the battery to power a 17 Watt 120 volt LED light bulb and a phone charger through a small 60 watt rated cigarette socket type inverter
I used the battery for a few evenings and charging it during the day by a 2 amp battery charger that I had running off the inverter as I was driving to jobs but after a couple of nights the light LED light would start to flicker on and off so I guess the charger wasn't doing the job
I got a different battery charger a noco genius 7200 but I think it draws too much power for the little inverter. I had access to shore power for about four hours during which I had the battery charging off the genius charger and the light was good again however the Noco charger never went above 25%
so I got an 80 watt Noma solar panel kit. I chose this one because it came with the charge controller and a bigger power inverter it says it's for medium and large applications.
I have the panel out in the sun hooked up to the battery and the voltage on my multimeter reads 12.13 which is up from 12.06 just a few minutes ago so I guess it's working.
if I disconnect the panel the battery voltage is 11.98 also up a few hundredths of a volt since I tested it a little while ago.
So if my battery voltage is 11.98 how far did I deplete it? And is there any yusin rigging up the genius charger to run off the alternator while I am driving? I have days where I'm driving to jobs all day long and don't really have time to set up the solar panel and other days where I'm not driving I don't really feel like running the engine charge my battery
I used the battery for a few evenings and charging it during the day by a 2 amp battery charger that I had running off the inverter as I was driving to jobs but after a couple of nights the light LED light would start to flicker on and off so I guess the charger wasn't doing the job
I got a different battery charger a noco genius 7200 but I think it draws too much power for the little inverter. I had access to shore power for about four hours during which I had the battery charging off the genius charger and the light was good again however the Noco charger never went above 25%
so I got an 80 watt Noma solar panel kit. I chose this one because it came with the charge controller and a bigger power inverter it says it's for medium and large applications.
I have the panel out in the sun hooked up to the battery and the voltage on my multimeter reads 12.13 which is up from 12.06 just a few minutes ago so I guess it's working.
if I disconnect the panel the battery voltage is 11.98 also up a few hundredths of a volt since I tested it a little while ago.
So if my battery voltage is 11.98 how far did I deplete it? And is there any yusin rigging up the genius charger to run off the alternator while I am driving? I have days where I'm driving to jobs all day long and don't really have time to set up the solar panel and other days where I'm not driving I don't really feel like running the engine charge my battery