cstubbs05 Posted April 18, 2019 Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpyian Posted April 18, 2019 Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 Quote look at that thread or search box at the top of the page and search for that videos at the bottom of the page might be of some help to you mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpyian Posted April 18, 2019 Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 and welcome btw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillfactor Posted April 18, 2019 Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 What battery are you using cliff ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpyian Posted April 19, 2019 Report Share Posted April 19, 2019 Lucas 12V 10AH Sealed Rechargeable Battery not a bad battery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscsha Posted April 19, 2019 Report Share Posted April 19, 2019 HaHa Cliff answered without opening his mouth carpyian 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted April 19, 2019 Report Share Posted April 19, 2019 (edited) Seen a few reviews about these.... https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F132716728347 Edited April 19, 2019 by Highy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstubbs05 Posted April 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2019 14 hours ago, carpyian said: look at that thread or search box at the top of the page and search for that videos at the bottom of the page might be of some help to you mate Thanks Ile have alook as there so many vids on utube Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstubbs05 Posted April 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2019 2 hours ago, carpyian said: Lucas 12V 10AH Sealed Rechargeable Battery not a bad battery 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 😁😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstubbs05 Posted April 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2019 14 hours ago, carpyian said: and welcome btw Thanks all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstubbs05 Posted April 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2019 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstubbs05 Posted April 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2019 33 minutes ago, cstubbs05 said: 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstubbs05 Posted April 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2019 56 minutes ago, cstubbs05 said: 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 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillfactor Posted April 19, 2019 Report Share Posted April 19, 2019 If you get a 12v charger you can plug this straight into your 12 v socket on your power pack & turn the power pack on, it will then be charging, What I would probably do is make the sonar panel easy to disconnect & disconnect before hand . I take it there lead acid batteries? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstubbs05 Posted April 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2019 On 19/04/2019 at 14:57, chillfactor said: If you get a 12v charger you can plug this straight into your 12 v socket on your power pack & turn the power pack on, it will then be charging, What I would probably do is make the sonar panel easy to disconnect & disconnect before hand . I take it there lead acid batteries? 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillfactor Posted April 26, 2019 Report Share Posted April 26, 2019 On 22/04/2019 at 12:15, cstubbs05 said: 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 Dont see why you can't.... & as I your disconnecting the solar panel makes sense too . I can stick the charger straight into the 12v socket on the front turn it on & charge it that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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