Testing Solar Batteries After 6 Days Away From The Tiny Home

I had left the off grid homestead for 6 days and returned to find cold but full solar batteries. I had turned off all power during my leave so that nothing would drain or hurt my batteries while I was gone.

I did find it a bit on the cold side thought at 29 degrees inside the tiny house on wheels after nearly a week with no heat. My water was frozen solid but I had counted on that and brought fresh water back with me for myself and the animals.

I turned on the inverter and internet modem and the batteries dropped down to 12.4 volts so I fired up the harbor freight 800 watt generator and ran the battery charger while I worked inside the tiny house for the evening.

Within 2 hours it was back up to a cozy 77 degrees inside the tiny home after building up a fire in the wood stove.

A few very nice packages arrived while I was gone and were waiting for me upon my return.

The old forklift battery bank I was working on for off grid home solar power was holding steady at 12.18 volts after sitting for a week. This is not bad considering that they were not fully charged up when I left.

I ran my DC generator for a while to get some charge into them and then let them rest for the night. It will be interesting to see how they look in the morning.

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