well, i got a call, and they said i could pick them up tomorrow (thursday) but i want to pick em up friday on my way out of town up to my ranch. will call again to make arrangements. got fifty free 12' 2x4's the other day, and want to load those and all the batteries on my buddies truck on the way out of town. (it's a f-350 diesel doulie 4x4 with a 12' flat bed)
so lets say they are in OK shape. i want to make two series banks of (12) 2v bats then parellel them together for a big 24 volt bank. this leaves 6 of the worst cells un-used. then charge them with two 200 watt 12v volt panels in series. i hear what you're saying about not taking too much out of them as the panels would struggle greatly to get their voltage back up. if i don't even use them this weekend, they will most likely have 400w of solar going into them for three weeks straight before anyone goes up there again. i would think this would make an ideal "trickle" type charger for this bank, but maybe not. is it even worth setting up the morningstar ts-60 i bought? is there any chance they could overcharge?
i'm getting really excited to get a re system off the ground! i'll take some pics for sure!
adam