Hi group
so far learning about all this has been a fun, yet confusing, yet interesting subject.
I have many questions about a setup I would like to build on a camper.
first I want to throw out my plans and thoughts, then I will list questions and any help from you experts will be great and possibly make me rethink my build.
the roof of my camper will be near 60 inches by 96 inches so 5' x 8'. I want to put 3 200 watt solar panels on top I currently have 1 newpowa 9BB 200w solar panel but plan to buy 2 more. the stats are
I originally was going to get the panels, hook them in parallel and a 60A Bougerv or similar MPPT charge controller with Bluetooth to see the stats and hook it to the battery.
1. with those numbers does that equal 18v and 33 amps?
2. If you hook them to a wire 3 into 1 branch connector the 3 wires going in would be fine but the 1 wire out would need to be 8AWG to go to the Charge controller however I was unable to find a larger branch, they seem to be 10AWG or 12AWG. so if you hooked the 3 panels in would it melt the 1 wire leading out because of high amps?
3. would hooking 2 panels to a 30A MPPT and 1 panel to another 30A MPPT then connecting both to the 1 battery make any sense?
now at this point hooking panels in series would be better however I often camp in wooded areas and shade and clouds would kill all solar depending on time of day.
Now we can throw another thought into the system I have a Bluetti ACMAX power bank that's 2kw.
It can accept Solar input of 900W Max., VOC 10-145VDC, 15A meaning I would have to run the panels in series due to 15A limit.?.
4. would having the Bluetti get charged by the solar panels and then using it to charge the 300ah battery with say a 40 Amp battery charger make it A easier setup?
I'm going to stop now so I can hear your thoughts and comments and go from there.
thanks
so far learning about all this has been a fun, yet confusing, yet interesting subject.
I have many questions about a setup I would like to build on a camper.
first I want to throw out my plans and thoughts, then I will list questions and any help from you experts will be great and possibly make me rethink my build.
the roof of my camper will be near 60 inches by 96 inches so 5' x 8'. I want to put 3 200 watt solar panels on top I currently have 1 newpowa 9BB 200w solar panel but plan to buy 2 more. the stats are
- Max Power Output(W): 200W
- Voltage MPP Vmp(V): 18.60V
- Current MPP Imp(A): 10.76A
- Voltage Open Circuit Voc(V): 21.8V
- Short Circuit Current Isc(A): 11.47A
I originally was going to get the panels, hook them in parallel and a 60A Bougerv or similar MPPT charge controller with Bluetooth to see the stats and hook it to the battery.
1. with those numbers does that equal 18v and 33 amps?
2. If you hook them to a wire 3 into 1 branch connector the 3 wires going in would be fine but the 1 wire out would need to be 8AWG to go to the Charge controller however I was unable to find a larger branch, they seem to be 10AWG or 12AWG. so if you hooked the 3 panels in would it melt the 1 wire leading out because of high amps?
3. would hooking 2 panels to a 30A MPPT and 1 panel to another 30A MPPT then connecting both to the 1 battery make any sense?
now at this point hooking panels in series would be better however I often camp in wooded areas and shade and clouds would kill all solar depending on time of day.
Now we can throw another thought into the system I have a Bluetti ACMAX power bank that's 2kw.
It can accept Solar input of 900W Max., VOC 10-145VDC, 15A meaning I would have to run the panels in series due to 15A limit.?.
4. would having the Bluetti get charged by the solar panels and then using it to charge the 300ah battery with say a 40 Amp battery charger make it A easier setup?
I'm going to stop now so I can hear your thoughts and comments and go from there.
thanks