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Old 20-02-2022, 10:44 PM
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strongmanmike (Michael)
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Originally Posted by xelasnave View Post
Being so cold I would not hesitate to run the genny after a session irrespective of Sun coming up or not. Batteries dont like the cold.

You need to first calculate the power you are using each hour...make a list, mount, camera..which has a Peltier which could be hungry, lap top, heated gloves...multiply by the length of the session...10 hours at 10 amp for example so 100 amp for the night ..then ask how does that fit your discharge guide..I looked but can't find their discharge but even if they say you can discharge 50 % does not mean you have to ..less is better.
Also your regulator should track the ins and outs if not get something that does.
Alex
As I said, a full 14hr long winter night will use up about 4.2Kwhrs or 350amphrs of the 550 available.

Mike
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