Ok, so I have dispensed with the idea of using a generator to power my new observatory site, in fact I did buy a brand new (Chinese) generator from Outbaxcamping in Sydney and it was dead on arrival... and to cut a long story short...now some two months later it seems I
may have finally secured a refund
anywaaaay....
So I have a 160W solar panel with a good quality 30amp regulator to do the charging and I will have 2 X 120ahr AGM batteries in parallel and a 1000W inverter (and a 12V outlet) to supply all my power
My questions are:
1) If I have the two batteries wired in parallel, does it make any difference if I charge them by connecting the charger (solar panel via regulator) to the terminals of only one of the batteries?
I understand the charging method, where I would place the +ve from the charger to the +ve on the first battery, and the -ve from the charger to the -ve on the second battery.
But does it matter? If the batteries are connected in parallel would the charge trickle over from one battery to the next anyway if the charger was connected to the terminals of only one of the batteries?
2) In the same vain does it matter how I connect the inverter across the batteries?
Thanks for any advice
Mike