Hi there,
As long as I have this setup my battery seems to be undercharged? (or perhaps this is normal) Even on the sunniest day the Tracer charges at 14.7V at 12 Amps for not even an hour. More like 15 minutes after which the amperage drops to 10A, 9A, etc. etc.
Then drops to below 1A within a few hours and goes into float (13.8V, 1 or 2 Amps, then less)
During wintertime, when my battery is getting emptier because of longer evenings I draw about 7 hours at 7A = roughly 50 Amps.
But still the Tracer doesn't charge it for more than 30 minutes at 12Amps even though there is plenty of sun during the day. Shouldn't it charge for a longer period of time at this high amperage?
Also when on hookup it seems the Victron Multiplus never charged the battery with more than around 10Amps.
Only when I use the watercooker that draws about 70 Amps the Tracer starts to charge with up to 24Amps but only during the time the watercooker is on.
My setup:
3 x 150 Watt panels
4215BN Epsolar tracer MPPT charger (30 Amp charger)
Victron Multiplus 12/800/8-16 inverter
250Ah Cellpower CPC AGM battery
As long as I have this setup my battery seems to be undercharged? (or perhaps this is normal) Even on the sunniest day the Tracer charges at 14.7V at 12 Amps for not even an hour. More like 15 minutes after which the amperage drops to 10A, 9A, etc. etc.
Then drops to below 1A within a few hours and goes into float (13.8V, 1 or 2 Amps, then less)
During wintertime, when my battery is getting emptier because of longer evenings I draw about 7 hours at 7A = roughly 50 Amps.
But still the Tracer doesn't charge it for more than 30 minutes at 12Amps even though there is plenty of sun during the day. Shouldn't it charge for a longer period of time at this high amperage?
Also when on hookup it seems the Victron Multiplus never charged the battery with more than around 10Amps.
Only when I use the watercooker that draws about 70 Amps the Tracer starts to charge with up to 24Amps but only during the time the watercooker is on.
My setup:
3 x 150 Watt panels
4215BN Epsolar tracer MPPT charger (30 Amp charger)
Victron Multiplus 12/800/8-16 inverter
250Ah Cellpower CPC AGM battery