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Posted: 08/21/11 01:23pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

From my own experience with the controller you have....I had one too...It is not adjustable and will not charge your batteries to the proper voltage...You might want to consider another unit....


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Check the battery water level.

If my battery is low on water, I will get a sudden voltage drop once the charging stops for the day.

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Hi,

Is the charging set point adjustable? If so, I'd bump it up to 14.5 to 14.8.

405 watts should more than service 464 amp-hours of battery bank.


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Golden_HVAC wrote:

Check the battery water level.
Fred.



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wild bill wrote:

The best thing that you could do is to check out the "Handy Bob" advise shown in an earlier post.....You need to know if your install is correctly done and with the right charge controller settings and wire size.....I know this because I changed my setup to Handy Bob's specs over two years ago.... and now my system works as Bob advertises and is trouble free....Only run my gen set when I want the AC on..... visit my web site to see my install.....Hope this is of some help


X2, make sure you can charge your batteries to 14.8, temperature compensated.

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