Charge controller ?
I don't guess I completely understand what my charge controller does and doesn't do so here is a question. I have a PWM solar controller hooked up to 200 watts of solar and 2 group 24 battery's, co...
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Almot wrote:
I think the easiest way to charge small electronics is via their OEM wall wart and a cheap inverter like this one. Doesn't matter day or night.
I have an inverter in my trailer but why when you have 12 volt powder running throughout the trailer would you bother with an inverter and wall plug. I wanted to be able to charge phones or grand kid games things so I hooked a 12 volt plug into a run of led lights in the cabinets in the living area. I was either going to use the charge controller in the bed room or hook into the led lights above the bed to get powder to run a 12 volt plug. When power is a premium while dry camping the last thing I would want to do is powder an inverter and charge phones all night. Just the wiring for an inverter isn't worth it when 12 volt power is right there.
I just wired up a 750 watt inverter and ran wire into the trailer for a dedicated inverter plug so I could power the TV and DVD player off the batterys but see no since in using it to charge phones, besides I leave the wall plugs at home and have chargers in the truck for phones so its easy to grab a charger out of the truck and use it in the trailer.
