Just Starting Solar Research
Man, there's a lot to read and digest with possibly installing a small solar panel. I very recently replaced my original 1-stage converter/charger with the Progressive Dynamics PD4600 series conve...
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pugslyyy wrote:
Nice upgrade.
You don't convert the solar panel directly to anything. You are going to need an MPPT solar charge controller to go between the panel and the battery.
Also, you connect the solar directly to the battery because you want to be able to make power from the sun whenever you can, regardless of other conditions (truck running, shore power, genset, etc)
Why will he need an MPPT Controller? He is suggesting a single 80 watt panel which I presume to be 12 Volts. PWMs work just fine. Nothing wrong with using an MPPT controller, but they are a LOT more money.
