answer 1
6 of them keep 6 golf cart batteries topped off and recharged after a weekend session of fixing or building. They, with a charge controller, will only charge 12 volts so you will likely need two panels and controllers or have a quick disconnect setup so that you can wire the batteries in parallel instead of the 24 volt series they should be in now.
answered 1 year, 8 months ago
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BenMc
- Nashville area TN
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answer 2
Yes, this panel can be used to charge two batteries at a time with the use of a charge controller. See link below for details.
answered 1 year, 8 months ago
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answer 3
I doubt that it would. At most you could expect 150 Watt-hours of charge /day. Each battery, if discharged to 1/2 capacity, would take several days to recharge. 2 in series would take twice as long. It would maintain the batteries as well as a trickle charger (only supplies about 1.5 amps).
answered 1 year, 8 months ago
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bhannaone
- North central Texas
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answer 4
You may have made a decision by now, but to correctly answer your question, you need to provide a little more info. It is important to know what size/type of batteries you plan to charge, as well as what's your intended use for the batteries. If you are simply using the panels to charge the batteries, then disconnect them and use them, say in a boat, then you'll need to consider how many hours of use between charges and the size of the batteries (CCAs). It's easiest to consider power leaving versus power being replaced, so if you're charging batteries that are used daily, your demands will be drastically different than an application that will occur only three hours per week. As answered previously, the direct answer to your question is "yes", these panels will charge two deep cycle batteries connected in parallel. The efficiency of which they will charge-i.e.,the amount of time required to charge them completely after each use-depends on the information mentioned above. Sorry for the non-answer. Calculation is pretty simple. Power used must equal power generated. At 15 watts per panel per hour, with a max of 7 hours charge time per day per panel, it's easy to see that it would take multiple panels to charge the deep cycle batteries in this arrangement. Remember, you must use a charge controller, and the charge controller is limited to 7 amps (7 panels).
answered 1 year, 6 months ago
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