Solar charge controller selection help needed
I am looking to put in a solar system that will produce about 30 amps per day. I choose a semi-flexible 135 watt panel made by Sunpower which meets my capacity needs. My only problem is choosing t...
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skripo wrote:
I got the connection sequence but how can you monitor DC load power consumption if it is not running "through" the controller?
By installing a battery monitor by Victron, Xantrex, Bogart.
As best I can understand now, I connect the the controller as follows:
Battery goes to Controller Battery
Yes.
DC panel goes to Controller Load
No. Connect loads to battery. Don't use Loads terminal and LVD feature
Panels go to Controller in
Yes
And finally, the converter is direct connect to battery.
Yes.
The amperage worry comes in if I need to run 40 AMPS through it.
Sorry. You need 40 A through what?
Here is a PROPER diagram to connect solar system with inverter and loads - it shows 2 controllers, ignore the 2nd one. Page 19.
