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  • Post in thread: Easy way to prevent overcharging of FLA or AGM battery bank?

    It occurred to me that I should probably post pics of the current setup so my question (maybe) doesn't sound quite as retarded. The pic showing the entire setup has the charge controller on the top left (a 60A PWM), and in the top right there's a thick line running into a box labeled "PV to...
  • Post in thread: Easy way to prevent overcharging of FLA or AGM battery bank?

    Hedges, thank you so much for the response! I was posting the pics and description of the current setup while you were posting your response apparently, hopefully that helped some. I hear you on the importance of all the cells being balanced and I used to check that and they were all equal...
  • Post in thread: Easy way to prevent overcharging of FLA or AGM battery bank?

    Attempting to re-post pics one at a time... this is the charge controller
  • Post in thread: Easy way to prevent overcharging of FLA or AGM battery bank?

    Thank you Solarcabin Channel for your response as well, just saw that I had two replies while making the original attempt at pics.... Here's the entire setup (inside the kitchen pantry, the nearest spot in the house to the battery bank box outside
  • Post in thread: Easy way to prevent overcharging of FLA or AGM battery bank?

    Left and right sides of charge controller (I realized I had to shrink the file sizes to post em, the originals were too big)
  • Post in thread: Easy way to prevent overcharging of FLA or AGM battery bank?

    That sounds like the way to go. I definitely need to replace the charge controller but was hoping to put that off until I get back. I knew that AGM batteries were "less forgiving," that was my main reason for the post. I think your advice to check & compare the voltages is a good way to make...
  • Post in thread: Easy way to prevent overcharging of FLA or AGM battery bank?

    Thank you SO MUCH for the confirmation! I have heard the water boiling in the FLA batteries when the generator was left on for longer than it should have been and I'm guessing that's not normal, so I was concerned about just blindly switching to AGM not knowing how everything was set up by the...
  • Post in thread: Easy way to prevent overcharging of FLA or AGM battery bank?

    Hi, this is my 1st post so plz 4give if I'm asking a dumb question but, I have researched the problem exhaustively to the best of my ability and I'm on a time crunch, any help is GREATLY appreciated! I have installed a solar system in a small RV so I'm not a total n00b, and I've read a lot but...
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