Michael
i should have mentioned, I have the standard lead acid battery, not a LFP. ?As an example, my wife and I just finished a straight through 1100 mile trip and upon arrival my house battery was charged to only 62%. ?The alternator range was fine (I monitor it with a Scanguage). The solar panel in this case would have not been charging the battery much at all while driving since it was cloudy or raining for almost the entire trip. My engine battery seemed fine as usual. ?This would indicate to me either my house battery is failing or the MPPT is blocking the alternator from charging the battery. I¡¯m in Florida, and ordinarily the 100 watt solar panel charges the house battery fine, thus masking this issue. ?When I lived in cloudy Pennsylvania it would have been, but I never noticed the issue. ?I do wish I had invested in Lithium way back but it¡¯s hard to justify that with 290 kmi. on the van, even though it¡¯s doing well.
Thanks for the info. I had not heard that, but glad to hear they are not an issue in case I do go Lithium.
Phil B EV WE 290kmi
