I had my main battery on solar panel yesterday to bring it up but today I went to start it and it was down to 30% charged and wouldn't quite turn over. My second battery was about 31% charged. WTF is going on?
I know it needs a good run, but it was on solar recharge all yesterday and it's flat today!!
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. It's currently sitting on the battery charger.
Ross
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did you have the panels the right way up?? *LMFAO* ... sorry old mate .. couldn't resist, and let's face it, like I could add any pertinent technical response to the question!!! LOL
Are these the main and secondary batteries that normally live under the bonnet of your Patrol? How did they get that far discharged?
If your batteries were OK but you put them on the solar for a top up then you may have a problem with your panels or their controller.
Tony
I'm thinking if you had a short in the solar circuit you would drain your main battery only if its isolated from secondary..Have you got an isolator between the 2 batteries??
If you have a faulty solar circuit and a stuffed isolator it's possible, but what are the chances of that.
If you have a multimeter you could check for a short or whats coming out of your solar circuit as a start
Last edited by Maxhead; 11th January 2011 at 07:41 PM.
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I don't know what type of solar panel you have but some of the older ones have a diode mounted directly on the back in series with the active wire. If the diode goes short circuit, while the sun is up it will charge but when the sun goes down your battery will back feed into the solar panel. I used to work with these and it was a common problem.
Last edited by Archie; 11th January 2011 at 08:19 PM.
Archie sounds perfectly feesable and would come seem like like short as Nisspat thought.
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No one seems to be paying any attention to my suggestion ... I feel so ... I dunno ... isolated!! LOL
oh switch it over! hahahahahaaa.
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Of course the panel's the right way up you clown, it's pointed directly at the fluro light in his shed!
Tony
See ... I'm still not with you as to why it wouldn't be working!! LOLOriginally Posted by YNOT
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