Hi and thanks for looking at my question:
I have a Lance 815 truck camper, Nova cool 12v electric refrigerator, 2 100W solar panels (I tested them awhile back), 1 Renogy solar charge controller, 2 costco interstate deep cycle marine batteries with 600cca. I load tested the batteries with a legit tester and they both had way more cca than 600. I called Novacool and they suggested removing the resistor so that it operates with less electricity. I did that. They also suggested using a multi-meter and comparing the two batterie's voltage but I was a little confused with what they are saying, how much it would really matter and I'm good with using the tool. The main problem is that my camper will rarely get above 3/4 bars of battery life even though the refrigerator in not on and it is in storage. When camping: it always is down to 1/4 or 2/4 by the evening or less, then when it gets that low the controller has a red light which means battery is over-discharged and it will have trouble getting past the error.
The Nova Cool refrigerator is awesome but something is going wrong. I do not believe on a semi-sunny day that this system should have issues. Please let me know if you have a suggestion.
I have a Lance 815 truck camper, Nova cool 12v electric refrigerator, 2 100W solar panels (I tested them awhile back), 1 Renogy solar charge controller, 2 costco interstate deep cycle marine batteries with 600cca. I load tested the batteries with a legit tester and they both had way more cca than 600. I called Novacool and they suggested removing the resistor so that it operates with less electricity. I did that. They also suggested using a multi-meter and comparing the two batterie's voltage but I was a little confused with what they are saying, how much it would really matter and I'm good with using the tool. The main problem is that my camper will rarely get above 3/4 bars of battery life even though the refrigerator in not on and it is in storage. When camping: it always is down to 1/4 or 2/4 by the evening or less, then when it gets that low the controller has a red light which means battery is over-discharged and it will have trouble getting past the error.
The Nova Cool refrigerator is awesome but something is going wrong. I do not believe on a semi-sunny day that this system should have issues. Please let me know if you have a suggestion.