Solar power battery maintainer

[SweeperForce]

Hello,
I am rigging up a trickle charge/battery maintainer from four nice size solor panels that I acciquired. Wiring them in parelle I can get 13.2 watts and 8.2 volts. My electric charger on trickle charge mode puts out 2 amps. This panels will put out 1.6 amps. Will this be sufficiant to accompolish what I want to do?

Thanks,
Tom

 

[kahuna123]

Re: Solar power battery maintainer

you need at least 14 volts to charge a 12v battery. Also a diode so that the battery does no back feed the cells when the suns not around.

 

[KD4UPL]

Re: Solar power battery maintainer

It would be easier to answer if you stated what you are trying to do. As mentioned, 8.2 volts won't charge a battery. It sounds like you need to hook 2 panels in series for 16.4 volts, hook the other 2 panels in series, and then hook the 2 sets in parallel.
How big is your battery bank? You may need a charge controller.