hello,
I have been a spectator here for about three years, and now I am
ready to ask my first question.
I have a remote cabin that has propane lights, heat, and fridge.
I added a kyocera 80 watt panel, three group 27 100ah agm vrla
sla batteries, a 2000watt harbor freight coleman style inverter
an a 7 amp charge controller from camping world ( it says it can
handle up to 106 watts of solar) I think it is sunforce brand.
this system has been running for approx. three years and seems
to have adequate capacity for what we use it for, which is a few
12v fluorescent lights, an rv waterpump, a tiny microwave, and
watching movies on a 20" tube tv. I went with the sealed batteries
because I wouldn't be there to equalize and other maintenance issues,
however I recently determined the charge controller cuts out at
about 13.2 volts. I thought I learned here that it should be approx.
14.25, is that correct? if so what do you reccomend.
and am I just giving up capacity or sacrificing battery life.
also recently read on here someone said they wouldn't discharge
this type of battery below 12.3 volts? do you agree? and can I
assume that would be resting- not under load?
thanks for you advice.
I really enjoy this forum.
Moved to the proper section.