castore357
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I have a Valor 36v11. Left off of house power for 2 days w/ nothing running except refrigerator. Battery is now at 0%. Is solar not enough to run refrigerator? How can I remedy this situation?
Battery @ 0%
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not enough info provided to help. How much solar? Are panels in sunlight all day? Any shade? How many amp hours are your batteries? Lithium? AGM? Were batteries at 100% before leaving off power?
Our Norcold frig pulls about 5 amps per hour.
Our Norcold frig pulls about 5 amps per hour.
castore357
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I have 2, 320w solar panels. 1 lithium battery. Not sure about amp hrs. Panels are in sunlight a good 6 hrs. per day. Battery was at 100%. Have a greystone frig. Not sure what it's pulling. Have to research. Just FYI. I'm very new to RVing.
castore357
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P.S. I'm pretty handy but electrical is not one of my strongbpoints.
bhidalgo
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What Charge Controller do you have installed?
Is there an Inverter on the rig? If so how many watts?
IF you are using lithium batteries, do you have battery switch on your Breaker Box set to Lithium (Li) ?
You will have several things pulling power from battery whether battery switch is on or not, BUT being batteries at 0% is definitely an issue with the two panels you have.
Just my .02 trying to help here. Bill
Is there an Inverter on the rig? If so how many watts?
IF you are using lithium batteries, do you have battery switch on your Breaker Box set to Lithium (Li) ?
You will have several things pulling power from battery whether battery switch is on or not, BUT being batteries at 0% is definitely an issue with the two panels you have.
Just my .02 trying to help here. Bill
castore357
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I'll try to attach a few photos. I don't have an inverter. I manged to get the generator started by putting a charger on the battery. I don't see a switch in my breaker box for lithium. There is a sticker on the outside, tho.
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Sorry for pic quality. Looks better in my gallery.
castore357
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The chg controller is a Renogy Rover 40A mppt chg controller.
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castore357
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I think I have it some what worked out. Seems I have to turn of all breakers when not hooked up to shore power. Otherwise there's a big draw on the battery. Not understanding why tho! 🤷♂️ If nothing is on, what's drawing from the battery? How can I find out? Could it be surge protector, or converter? Nothing else is on that I can see.
bhidalgo
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Please take a look at the attached photo. I edited your photo and circled where your switch "should" be to switch battery type. By, default the switch was set to Lead Acid on my 310RL before I put my Lithium batteries in it. I want to believe the same goes for your Valor.
If you're like me you'll need a flashlight and glasses to see the switch and for which way to flip the switch.
Also, your Renogy controller needs to be set for Lithium batteries as well as well. The manual for your controller should show you how to set the battery type. I had to do the same when I had my Renogy controller. I have moved on to a different charge controller manufacturer on my rig.
Hope this info helps.
If you're like me you'll need a flashlight and glasses to see the switch and for which way to flip the switch.
Also, your Renogy controller needs to be set for Lithium batteries as well as well. The manual for your controller should show you how to set the battery type. I had to do the same when I had my Renogy controller. I have moved on to a different charge controller manufacturer on my rig.
Hope this info helps.
castore357
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Ok. Thnx for the help.👍