Malcolm Bolt
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At the beginning of the year I got extra solar panels and now have two new batteries to store all that lovely sunshine I've been experiencing lately - Not. Tomorrow they will be fitted.
The batteries are both Banner 115/135AmpHrs and will be connected in Parallel They will be fed via a Victron Energy blue solar MPPT charge controller. I had assumed that this charger would be connected in parallel :Cool:but the guy at the service centre says it is better to connect to the positive of one battery and the negative of the other. He says this is much better way as it ensures the charge in each battery is maintained at the same level. That does not sound right to me.
By now you will have all gathered that electronics and I have never been good buddies. What he says sounds convincing when he is talking but as soon as he turns away I get that horrible feeling my lovely pristine pair of Banners and those sunshine harvesters on the roof are about to shrivel and die.
I know some of you will enjoy taking the p*ss at Malcolm's expense :thumb: but the job is scheduled for tomorrow and if anyone who really does know about this sort of thing please let me know ASAP.
The batteries are both Banner 115/135AmpHrs and will be connected in Parallel They will be fed via a Victron Energy blue solar MPPT charge controller. I had assumed that this charger would be connected in parallel :Cool:but the guy at the service centre says it is better to connect to the positive of one battery and the negative of the other. He says this is much better way as it ensures the charge in each battery is maintained at the same level. That does not sound right to me.
By now you will have all gathered that electronics and I have never been good buddies. What he says sounds convincing when he is talking but as soon as he turns away I get that horrible feeling my lovely pristine pair of Banners and those sunshine harvesters on the roof are about to shrivel and die.
I know some of you will enjoy taking the p*ss at Malcolm's expense :thumb: but the job is scheduled for tomorrow and if anyone who really does know about this sort of thing please let me know ASAP.
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