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Hi yes they are lead acid batteries I have I stalled some 12v screw down connectors for the feed to the solar panel now , do you just disconnect the solar panel and run the mains 12v battery charger through where you connect the solar panel to Thanks for you help

Plus I have had the batterys on solar charge for most of the day in good sunlight and the float charge has not gone about 13.1v . I have read up and it is supposed to settle around 13.7v to 14.4v does anyone know why this is . Sorry guys for all the questions but I just a little over precautions when it comes to electrics as never trust anything you can't see can't touch and can't hear 😁

I have another question if anyone can help I have attatched a photo of the controller . I have looked at the instructions which is a waste of time to be honest Does anyone know of the correct settings I should be inputting into it or does it recognise the battery installed and uses the correct settings it's self . It's just I seen alot of vids saying to set it up differently as I don't want it blowing up on the bank or killing the batterys Thanks for your replys

Thanks all

Hi thanks for replys I have 4 spare 12v 5 amp batterys after I bought new ones for my kids scooters the batterys are still all good . So I have connected all 4 into an ammo can and connected to a solar charge controller with a 12v 20amp max solar panel I just wondered if I needed to charge it at home before I fishing trip is there away to charge from the mains without having to disconnect batterys from the controller. As I don't want to exploding batterys 😁😁

Thanks Ile have alook as there so many vids on utube

Hi everyone my name is cliff I been fishing for a few years now and am having ago at making a solar power pack box. I bought a solar panel , ammo box, and a solar charge controller I have managed to get it all wired and working great but the bit I am stuck with is if I want to be able to charge the batterys at home by the mains , is how do I go about this without having to take the batterys wires out of the controller and then connect to the mains charger . As I have read somewhere you have to disconnect the wires from the controller first so not to blow the control unit , but also says I need to disconnect the solar wires first from the controller before disconnecting the battery. Sorry if this is confusing as I don't really know much about wiring so it's difficult for me to explain . Anyways thanks for accepting me on the forum Cliff