Charge Controller Installation location
Getting ready to start the install of my solar system and I am trying to figure out the best mounting/wiring options. I have the Xantrex C35 charge controller. My trailer is a prowler with a large fro...
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EsoxLucius wrote:Jonnygsx wrote:Yes, that would be an acceptable place for the controller if it will not get wet there. The controller should be as close to the batteries as possible. I think you are mistaken about not needing a battery temperature sensor just because the controller is near the batteries. It is the temperature of the batteries that is important not the temperature around the batteries.
While this cover is not weather tight it does greatly cut down on what things underneath are exposed to. Do you think it would be ok to mount the Xantrex controller up under that cover nearest the batteries? That way it wouldn't require a separate temperature monitor and it would also give me the shortest run cables to the batteries. Thoughts?
Im just not sure how dry it is in there. There is no siding on the wall inside the cover but there is some kind of coating so its not bare wood in there, implying that it may get some moisture in there occasionally.
Well isnt the temperature of the batteries primarily going to be from the air that they are exposed to? I would think that having a charge controller a foot from your batteries they would be within a few degrees of each other at the most?
