further news on the solar workshop, thanks to a generous offer from one of our members who had just replaced his boat batteries, I picked up 4 used 110Ah batteries at the meet, aside from catching up with everything else that needed doing i managed to pick up some battery leads ready made at halfords and was ready to clear a space and get the batteries installed on my workshop solar system.
of course i didnt have any nuts that fitted the threads on the battery terminal posts, so using the inverter to power my little lathe i put in some hex brass, drilled it at 6.5mm (tap drill for 5/16 bsw) then threaded the inside of the hole and parted off the 6 nuts i needed, then it was just a matter of connecting everything together, i still need to tidy up everything, place a board over the bottom layer of batteries and stack the stuff that was already there back on top, but i did notice that even on this dull grey day with only fleeting glimpses of sun, I was charging at 2.5A, now to give it a few days for everything to top up charge, all the batteries were pretty close in charge state, but they will need to properly balance to each other.