Greetings all,
The solar stuff is all new to me, I have used a 100 watt panel to run a small evaporative cooling tower for yard work breaks and poolside use, but not delved into storage batteries before.
Recently purchased a Delta 2 and will be getting the extra battery tomorrow. My plan is to use the system to run my main fridge daily with the extra battery, take the unit and the 220 watt panel camping, and have back up for power failures.
Specs say 3000 cycles from 100% capacity to complete discharge. IS there a sweet zone to maximize the battery life? i.e charge to 80% or 90 % and stop discharge at 30% capacity? And when the spare battery arrives, should I connect both, charge to 100%, discharge to 0% and recharge to balance the batteries.
Thanks for any insight. Was hoping Will would have done a Delta 2 review by now to discuss some of these questions cause it seems perfect for camping and household use.
The solar stuff is all new to me, I have used a 100 watt panel to run a small evaporative cooling tower for yard work breaks and poolside use, but not delved into storage batteries before.
Recently purchased a Delta 2 and will be getting the extra battery tomorrow. My plan is to use the system to run my main fridge daily with the extra battery, take the unit and the 220 watt panel camping, and have back up for power failures.
Specs say 3000 cycles from 100% capacity to complete discharge. IS there a sweet zone to maximize the battery life? i.e charge to 80% or 90 % and stop discharge at 30% capacity? And when the spare battery arrives, should I connect both, charge to 100%, discharge to 0% and recharge to balance the batteries.
Thanks for any insight. Was hoping Will would have done a Delta 2 review by now to discuss some of these questions cause it seems perfect for camping and household use.