Permanently setting up trickle charger.

[the evil twin]

I now have one of those 1.5w solar chargers to keep the ride-on mower battery fresh. From what I can gather from this thread is that it is ok to leave it connected to the Patrol for weeks at a time. Has anyone had any problems with doing that?

Won't hurt anything in the slightest... assuming it has a blocking diode so it won't back feed when the Sun ain't shinin'

[mudnut]

Yeah, it stated on the package it had a blocking diode. I was just wondering if it would over charge the battery?

Interesting to note that the open circuit voltage is 21volts

[the evil twin]

Yeah, it stated on the package it had a blocking diode. I was just wondering if it would over charge the battery?

Interesting to note that the open circuit voltage is 21volts

Goodo... and... yes the open circuit voltage should be 18 ish to 21 ish depending on the technology of the cells regardless of wattage (for 12 Volt nominal Panels that is).

[clubbyr8]

This what I use for my CTEK. They're located in that strip on the centre console. Middle panel monitors the cranking battery and the bottom one monitors the auxiliary battery. Leds give a rough idea of the state of charge. If I need to charge either battery, I just plug the CTEK into the appropriate panel....

20160202_181835 by Bob Howard, on Flickr