:Hi guy, My house is powered by solar and wind, along with my 31 excella.
:Battery voltage is just an "okay"method of determining battery condition.
:12.8V is fully charged, 11.7V in nearly dead. A 12V reading is about 25%
:capacity. To get a good reading of your battery voltage the battery must
:sit about one hour without any load or charging. This is called the float
:voltage. If you read the voltage with a load or a charge it is a waste of
:your time.

Hi, Joe;

Yeah, that is what I had read on the net. I had everything off when I took
the reading...maybe not for an hour, though. Had not had a charge voltage
for a few days.

I am considering a battery meter, either an Ample Power
(http://www.amplepower.com/) or an RV Power Products
(http://www.rvpowerproducts.com/) . Do you have a recommendation?
 

:
:Very important. If a battery goes dead, it can never again regain full
:charge capacity once the plates have developed sulfates. Run to the store
:and get a solar panel as soon as you possibly can.

I am thinking of going with an RV Power Products package. I hear its
charging design is really superior...and, they are located where I plan to
be spending some time.

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