Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Forums
Cattle Boards
Trucks, Tractors & Machinery
Solar battery tender/chargers
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support CattleToday:
Message
<blockquote data-quote="wbvs58" data-source="post: 1851080" data-attributes="member: 16453"><p>Do you need to put much into them or do you just want to maintain them fully charged. The size of panels and charger is mainly related to what you are pulling out of them. If it is just maintenance something similar to electric fencer charger would probably suffice but at the other end of heavy useage the sky is the limit. Just as an example my Cat D4D's alternator is not working, it has 2 big 12 volt cranking batteries in series and I just hook it up to a cheap Aldi 160 watt array with a charge controller after a few starts for a couple of hours and it does the job well. I had to change the wiring a bit to deal with the 24 volts. Always remember to hook the batteries to the controller first before feeding in from the panels as the battery voltage sets what the controller charges at.</p><p></p><p>Ken</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wbvs58, post: 1851080, member: 16453"] Do you need to put much into them or do you just want to maintain them fully charged. The size of panels and charger is mainly related to what you are pulling out of them. If it is just maintenance something similar to electric fencer charger would probably suffice but at the other end of heavy useage the sky is the limit. Just as an example my Cat D4D's alternator is not working, it has 2 big 12 volt cranking batteries in series and I just hook it up to a cheap Aldi 160 watt array with a charge controller after a few starts for a couple of hours and it does the job well. I had to change the wiring a bit to deal with the 24 volts. Always remember to hook the batteries to the controller first before feeding in from the panels as the battery voltage sets what the controller charges at. Ken [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Cattle Boards
Trucks, Tractors & Machinery
Solar battery tender/chargers
Top