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  • Re: Battery s

    Marc KurthMarc Kurth
    Your batteries will "take" whatever voltage that your charger gives it. If you saw a max of 13.8v, that is all that the charger supplied to it.In a simplified form: You PUSH voltage into a…
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  • Re: Battery s

    Marc KurthMarc Kurth
    Greg, Dave's point above is critical to understand. I cannot count the number of battery monitoring systems that have helped to destroy expensive lead-acid battery banks. They have to be calibrated o…
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  • Re: Battery s

    Marc KurthMarc Kurth
    Greg, please read the info above. Float should be in the 13's. Floating at 14.7v will certainly (gradually) destroy your batteries.
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  • Re: Battery s

    Marc KurthMarc Kurth
    While you are waiting, disconnect the batteries after they are fully charged, and let them stand for at least a couple of hours. Measure the voltage of each battery. Marc
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  • Re: Battery s

    Marc KurthMarc Kurth
    The first step is to start with a fully charged battery bank. How are you determining that the batteries are fully charged? DIY solar is like many things: You need to dive pretty deep into learning a…
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