Hi my name is Eric. My wife and I life far off and away in very off grid AZ. About 6000’ elevation so milder summers (about a week or two it pushes over the 100 Fahrenheit mark, and we see an average of about 8 to 12 inches of cumulative snow throughout the winter. about 3 to 4 months of the...
New thing I learned! Thank you for conveying that important knowledge. I love some old school forums. So much better than short attention span non-archivable/ non-searchable Facebook groups.
OK. That makes sense I will have to look into a separate battery charger module. I am assuming that if I want to charge the batteries from the generator I need to be able to disconnect on the solar charge controller while the generator is charging batteries?
Okay I see! That’s why series run panels are favored. OK good info to know about fuses in parallel groupings. And Yes I have my heart set on the morning star 120 VOC 60 amp MPPT charge controller.
OK. I am planning to run all the panels in parallel to the charge controller. I know it will be more expensive to do that way as far as wiring cost is concerned but I like the redundancy/ reliability aspect should a panel in the array go bad. Wired in parallel my voltage output from solar array...
At some point I’m very open to considering new/better/bigger panels. Like I said I’m not averse to spending extra money for reliability durability and simplicity. I know how it goes sometimes free doesn’t add up once everything is said and done.
OK. Thank you for your response. Sorting through all this stuff is kind of nebulous sometimes. How do I make sure I don’t exceed the maximum input to the charge controller? Is The maximum input to the charge controller strictly limited by the top end VoC number Number rated for the charge...
Actually I don’t thing I’m not misunderstanding at all. The Nominal wattage from the panels will be 740 W. Minus the resistance of the cabling from the panels to the controller that will deliver approximately 35 A of current at +/-21 V to the charge controller. Charge controller will convert...