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I understand I need a deep cycle 12V battery. And I also understand that a battery shouldn't be used below 50% power.
If I get one too big I might not be able to charge it up much past the 50% power mark, I might be only able to charge it to 60% then only have 10% use of it.
My question is; how big of a battery do I need for a 160 Watt solar panel?
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Hop aboard , make a post in the welcome center forum telling us more about you , your rig and anything else you'dlike to share. So everybody has a chance to greet you .
Your IP indicates Luxemborg ? Is that right ? VPN ?
Need more info about your planned usage..
The uses you have for it are a factor here .
But skipping all that ,(dare I do that?) ~90 amphour capacity should be a good starting point.
stay tuned
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^^^This is the reason for a power budget.
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You need to approach it from the other end. How much power do you plan on using? This will dictate the size of the batteries and then the solar size. Your devices will say how much power they use, multiply this by the numbers of hours of use and add all together. This is your power budget.
You are now the power company.
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NZ ! , great to have someone there to spread the word about our forums .
(We had a couple that just moved to AUS from here ...)
Your charge requirements seem fairly low , you mentioned batteries..are those the solar system batteries or something else ?
stay tuned
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