Interaction of Solar and Alternator
My camper has a single 100W roof-mount panel, which meets my power needs (2 @ 6V batteries) when the sun shines. However, when camping among trees for several days it is easy to consume 70 to 100 Ah ...
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Rustofer wrote:At a given voltage the battery will accept only so much power. If you were getting 4 amps from the alternator and 4 amps from solar... it is very possible if you remove solar the alternator would then provide 7 to 8 amps. Same or slightly less net power into the battery without the solar.
I do need to do some testing. I'm not looking to buy a larger solar panel, MPPT, generator or DC-DC charger. I guess my next step is to remove one of the "straws" to see if it was getting in the way.
