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I don't feel bad saying this picture confused the heck out of me. I have only ever seen a real solar setup in my head, and on paper. I know where everything goes, and what it does, but seeing it together like that gives me a headache. thats a magnum mppt, do you think it'd be worth it for such a small application? I do eventually plan to buy a cabin, and using solar there and of course would need bigger capacity.
I know what these things do
-charge controller
-Inverter
-panels
-batteries
-monitor
-Inline fuses
the rest of it is new to me for the most part. I know what solenoids do but I didn't know they were used in solar setups. whats the point of the screen? doesn't a proper battery monitor do the same thing, or is it just for convenience? I think smart phone apps with the victron batteries/controllers do the same thing as the monitor, but you have to open the app and naturally since its an app, somehow uses wifi or bluetooth to communicate. a dedicated monitor would be excellent.
the big one confusing me is the CPU. you have an actual cpu running your RV systems? thanks for the picture and labels, made picturing it much easier but I still am scratchig my head.
I know what these things do
-charge controller
-Inverter
-panels
-batteries
-monitor
-Inline fuses
the rest of it is new to me for the most part. I know what solenoids do but I didn't know they were used in solar setups. whats the point of the screen? doesn't a proper battery monitor do the same thing, or is it just for convenience? I think smart phone apps with the victron batteries/controllers do the same thing as the monitor, but you have to open the app and naturally since its an app, somehow uses wifi or bluetooth to communicate. a dedicated monitor would be excellent.
the big one confusing me is the CPU. you have an actual cpu running your RV systems? thanks for the picture and labels, made picturing it much easier but I still am scratchig my head.
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