Me and a mate are heading off on Sunday to go skiing. I have just had a Victron 702 battery meter fitted and thought it would be fun to have a little competition regarding how much charge (if any) my CMC installed split charger actually feeds into my batteries.
My set up:
2016 T6 150hp Kombi converted by CMC
2 of 92A Banner AGM batteries
80 watt flexible solar panel with a solar charge controller but I don’t know make and model
A Smartcharge multistage battery charger connected to EHU
A Merlin power systems SmartBank Pro split charge unit which supposedly wirks with the T6
Batteries will be fully charged before I go and fridge will be precooled on EHU.
I have about 3.5 hours drive to Newhaven via my mates house, load up, supper his etc. Then a 5 hour crossing and a longish drive to Bourg St Maurice (9 hours depending on weather, lunch and wee stops). The van will be off EHU for about 27 hours with only the fridge running. However, I will post the reading on the meter at Dieppe before the long drive rather the starting point of 100% charged as I really only interested in the bit where the split charger is supposed to be doing it’s thing.
I propose taking a battery % and voltage reading at Dieppe and posting it in a new thread. People can then try guessing what the % and voltage will be when I read it again at Bourg. I will post a bottle of wine to the person who guesses nearest to the correct reading.
Having read the threads etc on split charging and only understanding 10% of it a number of things could happen:
a) the split charger works as per CMC say it does and it charges the batteries up so the % and voltage increases
b) it doesn’t work and the fridge takes out some of the charge from the batteries so the % and voltage reduces
c) the split charger works a bit plus the solar and holds the charge steady.
I have no idea which it will be but am very interested to find out. Couldn’t do this before because didn’t have a meter installed.
Fridge may get opened a few times in the journey eg lunchtime but that’s about it. Fridge is a Dometic Coolmatic CRP40 for the real techies who want to work out consumption rates.
In the event of more than one person posting the same winning number I will send the wine to whoever posted first.
Ideally don’t post on this thread but the one I’ll post on Monday morning with the starting numbers. I’ll leave it open till Thursday for people to post their guesses then I’ll announce the results. That will give me time to find out whether the winner want red or white wine.
Hope this is ok and doesn’t breach forum rules.
I guess some of you might want more info, feel free to ask but can’t promise I’ll know the answer. In case you’re interested we plan to ski La Plagne, Les Arcs, St Foy, La Rosiere/Thuile, Val d’Isere and Tignes. Staying at the caravaneige in La Plagne and campsites at La Rosiere and Bourg.
My set up:
2016 T6 150hp Kombi converted by CMC
2 of 92A Banner AGM batteries
80 watt flexible solar panel with a solar charge controller but I don’t know make and model
A Smartcharge multistage battery charger connected to EHU
A Merlin power systems SmartBank Pro split charge unit which supposedly wirks with the T6
Batteries will be fully charged before I go and fridge will be precooled on EHU.
I have about 3.5 hours drive to Newhaven via my mates house, load up, supper his etc. Then a 5 hour crossing and a longish drive to Bourg St Maurice (9 hours depending on weather, lunch and wee stops). The van will be off EHU for about 27 hours with only the fridge running. However, I will post the reading on the meter at Dieppe before the long drive rather the starting point of 100% charged as I really only interested in the bit where the split charger is supposed to be doing it’s thing.
I propose taking a battery % and voltage reading at Dieppe and posting it in a new thread. People can then try guessing what the % and voltage will be when I read it again at Bourg. I will post a bottle of wine to the person who guesses nearest to the correct reading.
Having read the threads etc on split charging and only understanding 10% of it a number of things could happen:
a) the split charger works as per CMC say it does and it charges the batteries up so the % and voltage increases
b) it doesn’t work and the fridge takes out some of the charge from the batteries so the % and voltage reduces
c) the split charger works a bit plus the solar and holds the charge steady.
I have no idea which it will be but am very interested to find out. Couldn’t do this before because didn’t have a meter installed.
Fridge may get opened a few times in the journey eg lunchtime but that’s about it. Fridge is a Dometic Coolmatic CRP40 for the real techies who want to work out consumption rates.
In the event of more than one person posting the same winning number I will send the wine to whoever posted first.
Ideally don’t post on this thread but the one I’ll post on Monday morning with the starting numbers. I’ll leave it open till Thursday for people to post their guesses then I’ll announce the results. That will give me time to find out whether the winner want red or white wine.
Hope this is ok and doesn’t breach forum rules.
I guess some of you might want more info, feel free to ask but can’t promise I’ll know the answer. In case you’re interested we plan to ski La Plagne, Les Arcs, St Foy, La Rosiere/Thuile, Val d’Isere and Tignes. Staying at the caravaneige in La Plagne and campsites at La Rosiere and Bourg.
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