Hello everybody.
6 month ago, after installation of my solar system on my camper van, I observed an unexpected phenomena on the Bluetooth monitoring : engine off, after a sunny day charging, the regulator was floating. But as soon as i turn engine on, regulator show a high charging current as the battery needed bulk charging. I could observe that the current was directly linked to the sun exposure (instantly lower when driving in tunnel or under a bridge).
At first, i thought it was normal, perhaps with engine on and engine battery + alternator entering the system, the solar controller was kind of lost.
But few weeks ago, my auxiliary battery when totally dead. It can't keep the charge.
So now i try to understand why my battery died before i replace it.
my configuration is :
- SmartSolar 75/15
- Backcontact solar panel 210W
- Pb auxiliary battery 100Ah
- Pb engine battery 110 Ah (link between the two battery is the original VW T5 system made with a simple relay the connect "on contact" or "engine running", not sure
- 12v Dometic cooler, Led lights, etc. Yet not connected to the load output but directly to the battery (planned to connect to load later because i didn't finish global wiring)
Ideas to explain battery death :
- fridge connected to battery while controller trying to charge messed up the process ?
- problem with alternator charging and messing up with controller ?
- normal end of life for the battery. Strange because i used it for one year using fridge and only charging with engine, and it didn't seemed to be damaged.
So thank you very much even if you managed to read all my message ;P and i would be glad to have your point of view on this problem.
Cheers.
