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Re: boondocking musicians want to go solar in RV
I would agree with most of what has been said here, MPPT primarily due to your limited space, it will allow for slightly higher production, but suspect you may decide to increase the wattage at some …1 · -
Re: batteries abruptly stopped holding voltage under load...
You can just check the inverter, it will be voltage specific. If it's not a direct read, get the model number. Assuming a 24 volt bank (I would say it should be a 48 v, but a 24v is viable) The 'abu…1 · -
Re: New to Solar and Beginner Off-Grid Setup
Something to think about is that you are measuring the wattage on a Kill-A-Watt meter plugged into your inverter. So the 'fan' is using 26.6 watts, but that is NOT your load as it doesn't measure the…1 · -
Re: New to Solar and Beginner Off-Grid Setup
I only suggested hooking up to the load for his minimal use, Some of the cheap 'car inverters' don't do a good job of protecting the battery. I'll go ahead and agree to hook the inverter to the batte…1 · -
Re: New to Solar and Beginner Off-Grid Setup
The charge controller should be fine for that panel, but it may not be a 'true' charge controller, Typically you would expect a charge controller to allow the voltage to increase until it reaches ar…1 ·