Being new to all this I am getting a lot of good information from the Forum and appreciate everyones participation.
My one question is, how do you know the AH rating of a battery if it is not written on the battery or available from a manufacturer's web site? If I know its a 12 volt battery, can I make an educated guess from the size?
Where I work I can get anywhere from two to six used 12 volt gel cell batteries a month. They replace pairs of batteries and only one is usually shot. The other tests fine so why let the recycle guy get the good ones, right? At least 1/2 of them don't state on the label the AH. They only say 12 volt and some warning info.
So I am going to start by running some garage lights and stuff off the batteries and charging them via solar and then add wind in the coming months as time and money allow.
I have 4 - 52AH batteries now and 6 more that I believe are 30AH but I have no way to tell. They are all gel cell and they are free so I figure I should do something constructive and cost saving with them.
Thanks,