Vanagon EuroVan
Previous messageNext messagePrevious in topicNext in topicPrevious by same authorNext by same authorPrevious page (July 1999, week 3)Back to main VANAGON pageJoin or leave VANAGON (or change settings)ReplyPost a new messageSearchProportional fontNon-proportional font
Date:         Mon, 19 Jul 1999 20:03:08 EDT
Reply-To:     Ssittservl@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         S Sittservl <Ssittservl@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Another @#$% deep cycle battery question!!
Comments: To: vanagon@nycap.rr.com
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"


>  From:        vanagon@NYCAP.RR.COM (Jason M. Yasment)
>
>  OK here it goes.....
>
>      1) Can you charge and discharge a deep cycle battery at the same time?
>              Ex. Have a solar panel charging the battery while the fridge is
>  running on 12v and a few small DC fans are going?


I'm no electrician, but I think yes.  In essence, though, the current
from your charger (the solar panel) will be contributing to running
the loads (the fridge and fans) rather than actually charging the
battery, unless the charger supplies so much current that there's
some left over to charge the battery.


                                               - Steven Sittser
Back to: Top of message | Previous page | Main VANAGON page

Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!

Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com

The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.

Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.