Newbie needs help

stepbanstudio
stepbanstudio Registered Users Posts: 2
I have a renogy 100 W panel, a bestek 2000 W inverter that a friend gave to me, 2 Deep cycle marine batteries, and I want to get an MPPT controller. This is where I get confused so I have 100 W, I’m using 12 V batteries,  I have a 2000 W inverter,  now what size mppt do I get? 10, 20 or 40 amp?

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  • mike95490
    mike95490 Solar Expert Posts: 9,583 ✭✭✭✭✭
    your panels do not need a MPPT controller, be happy you can use an inexpensive PWM controller.   After 300-400w, with larger panels in the +200w size MPPT becomes more practical for it's expense
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    || Midnight Classic 200 | 10, Evergreen 200w in a 160VOC array ||
    || VEC1093 12V Charger | Maha C401 aa/aaa Charger | SureSine | Sunsaver MPPT 15A

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  • BB.
    BB. Super Moderators, Administrators Posts: 33,431 admin
    I will close this discussion... Having the same questions in several areas gets confusing.

    -Bill "moderator" B.
    Near San Francisco California: 3.5kWatt Grid Tied Solar power system+small backup genset
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