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  • Re: Added batteries now have less juice?

    EstragonEstragon
    Storage capacity is doubled, but charging capacity hasn't. If you find daytime loads prevent the batteries from getting to float at least once or twice per week, you may want to consider adding some …
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  • Re: Series panels

    EstragonEstragon
    That's pretty much my understanding... I didn't know a rectifier was another name for a diode in a DC circuit though, hence my confusion.
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  • Re: Lightning strikes again? Morningstar TS 60

    EstragonEstragon
    Bad luck perhaps ... Since you and your family are still here to tell the tale, I guess it depends how you define bad luck :wink: Sometimes bad stuff happens to good people. It just is.
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  • Re: Battery Issues

    EstragonEstragon
    Getting 6-7 years out of a battery designed for float/stand-by service suggests to me they don't really owe you much. That said, it may not hurt to try to get a bit more use out of them, but I'd do s…
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  • Re: Battery help

    EstragonEstragon
    So you currently have 8 x 6v batteries wired as 4 strings of 12v in parallel? You want to rewire as 2 strings of 24v in parallel? Still 8 batteries, 4 in series for 24v and 2 strings in parallel.
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