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    Need Help with Charge controller settings.

    Side note I've been watching Will P for a while now. I was shocked when I looked up how to use that load tester found his video. I didn't even know he every used one of those. He is where I found the $300 version. To be honest I wish I could just sell the batteries and controller and get a...
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    Need Help with Charge controller settings.

    I have not yet. I have somthing coming up monday and going to wait till after since I have things disconnected. So probably wed or so i will connect everything back up and give it a go. When i have a result i will post it.
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    Need Help with Charge controller settings.

    Hey thanks for that Link. That looks awesome. Very excited to try that out. It is a Mppt controller. so your right watts are watts so it wouldn't matter. and yes that is how I disconnect and reconnect them. So after testing the bank and making sure they are still working and efficient. I am...
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    Need Help with Charge controller settings.

    NOTE: Due to the potential risk of further damage that may be being caused my set up is currently unplugged and I have a trickle charger on the bank.
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    Need Help with Charge controller settings.

    This is a good point. What I find difficult is determining when the bank is actually at a Full charge. Since once you stop charging at any point on these types of batteries, you have to wait a while for things to settle to see what state of charge it really is. I thought that was the point of...
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    Need Help with Charge controller settings.

    The efficiency setting on here if a % number of how efficient your battery bank is. Supposedly if i set it to 90% and the SOC is 100% but it is still charging then I need to increase or decrease the % number to make the SOC hit 100% when the charging is complete. Not sure which way to adjust...
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    Need Help with Charge controller settings.

    Maybe someone can tell me this. I am trying to get my battery efficiency setting to where it needs to be. If my charge controller says my SOC is 100% and it is still charging the bank. Do i need to increase or decrease my efficiency setting to get that matched up?
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    Need Help with Charge controller settings.

    If i stick with the settings i have now (MFG) then i am pretty sure i am going to ruin something. I have the shunt setup that you are referring to and watched a video on setting it up. What is supposed to happen is when it reaches the target "end amps" it dosnt seem to shut off or change how...
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    Need Help with Charge controller settings.

    Complete charge.... in this case i meant a charge cycle. as in the day starts, sun comes up, bulk charging begins. After "X" amount of time the charge controller goes into rest mode and a light comes on telling me that the battery bank if fully charged. I believe the MFG specs say to bring...
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    Need Help with Charge controller settings.

    I have a Midnight The Kid Charge controller hooked up to 4 6v Interstate batteries as a 12v system. I am using a shunt with the wiz bang jr. I also have a temp senor on the batteries. I have the Battery info added to the Charge controller. Batteries are stored in a room temperature environment...
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