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MetroMPG · 08-01-2008, 08:37 AM

CarloSW2 - I'm sure you can leave that panel directly connected to the battery. I have a similar slightly larger panel - 15 watt, 1 amp - and it's been supporting my near dead starting battery for more than a year, directly connected.

Why is it near death? Because I ruined it in 2006 with multiple deep discharges when I first started experimenting with a charge-depleting 12v approach! It has very little capacity now, and the panel is just delaying the inevitable.

08-01-2008, 08:37 AM	#28 (permalink)
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