I'm getting to the stage with these E/S Deutschers that it might be easier to just have them on $10 trickle charger all the time because how many times a year are they going to be used for cleaning up around under the fruit trees? Probably 3 times a year which means the battery will probably go flat between mows
Hi Max, I have a 12 volt system running through my house, it powers the smoke detectors the CO2 monitors, kitchen clock, street number out the front, light at the front door and a 12 volt pump in the garage downstairs as a back up if we loose power here and a high water alarm in the sump pit which alarms if the 12 volt pump activates. I have a battery each end of the house and they are on constant trickle charge, battery maintainer and have been for years now. The only time I had trouble with a battery overcharging was when I got smart and hooked it up to a solar panel. It worked fine until the controller stuffed up and cooked one of the batteries. That battery is still connected and works fine just powering my system but if I put any load on it it falls over. Anyway these little trickle chargers don't seem to overcharge the battery. I think they put out 1000 milliamps, which is probably what a battery looses just sitting these
So you just use a charger like the one below to maintain the batteries ,I need to get something to maintain a battery just not sure if to go solar or electric plug in.
I have heard some of the small solar charger panels only last 4 years.
Hi Max, I am using these chargers, have been using them for years with no problem. I have 5 of them hooked up running 24 hours a day with no issues at all and they use virtually no power at all and I monitor my power daily. The solar panel I set up was only a cheap Chinese thing and it only lasted probably 18 months before it went haywire and cooked the battery.
