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Default Solar panel charging 12V battery - prevent over charging

On Fri, 22 Jun 2018 14:29:54 +0000, David wrote:

The whole thing confused by the fact that the 30A fuse to the habitation
battery had blown so some symptoms were due to that.


I just use a 14V zener diode across the battery to cap the solar panel's
output. You don't need anything fancy or complicated for a simple
application like this.



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