Two days ago, with an overcast sky, my battery lost voltage—about .15 volts down to about 12.5 volts [my report]. My hope was a day of sun could return the battery to full charge—that with my Garmin Nuvi 760 and inverter on. I disconnected the inverter after the voltage reached 12.7. That tells me I can likely stay in the 12-volt range using the solar panels. I have not seen lower that 12.3 volts. Now, this is without my DiNotte 400L lights connected [they are still at DiNotte for 12-volt verification]. After another hour or so the voltage was just over 12.7 volts. We did add .2 volts. I placed the battery on the charger at 5:15 p.m. EST. The charger is a 1 amp charger. The charging continued for about 12 hours. Given this, I will have to top-off the battery periodically [yet to be determined] while on tour. Of course, I’ll have daylight for much longer periods. Testing and evaluation continues.
