Looking for the best battery charger |
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Hunter74
Newbie Joined: 09 Mar 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 36 |
Topic: Looking for the best battery charger Posted: 19 Apr 2016 at 10:42am |
Awesome, thanks for all the answers and information guys. Lots of help. Even more happy that I bought the pod with this kind of community
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9062 |
Posted: 19 Apr 2016 at 9:17pm |
Only thing I would recommend differently is to charge every 30 days. With a self-discharge rate of 1-3% per day when it is warm out, 30 days is the max. You can get away with 60 days during the winter since the self-discharge rate drops when it is cold.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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mtdave
Newbie Joined: 07 Jul 2016 Location: MONTANA Online Status: Offline Posts: 11 |
Posted: 08 Jul 2016 at 11:31am |
A few rookie battery questions:
When we get home from camping should I charge the battery right away or can I leave it run down for a while? Should charging the battery by plugging in the camper be adequate? How do you put a battery into hibernation mode? I'd like to know more about getting a solar panel setup for charging the battery. Any good info on that? Thanks
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2011 R-Pod 176
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sailor323
Senior Member Joined: 11 Jun 2015 Location: S Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 281 |
Posted: 08 Jul 2016 at 2:25pm |
It is not good to leave a battery in a partially discharged condition. Plugging in is the best way to charge the battery. Solar is good, too but not always the best. There is a wealth of solar info on this facebook group's page. We have solar and love it.
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WillThrill
Senior Member Joined: 04 Jul 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 298 |
Posted: 08 Jul 2016 at 2:39pm |
There is no 'hibernation mode' for lead acid batteries. Once they are filled with acid by the manufacturer, the clock on their lifespan starts ticking. Every day that a battery is not kept 100% charged results in some amount of irreversible damage that is done to it. For very down-to-earth information on lead acid batteries, I would strongly recommend that you listen to at least the first podcast shown at www.battery1234.com. It will save you money and troubles.
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