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SlowBro's avatar
SlowBro
Explorer III
Mar 03, 2015

Solar: I have a converter, need a charge controller too?

I have a converter, do I also need a battery charge controller for solar? My trailer comes with a WFCO 8945, which is three stage, and I can't find a definitive answer on this question anywhere. Seems...
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2oldman
Explorer II
Mar 03, 2015
Your converter has nothing to do with solar. Yes, you need a charge controller.

The only way your converter would work is if you managed to invert the panels DC output to 120vac, then plugged the converter into that. And that's just crazy.

Sounds like you need Solar 101.

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