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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Hi Mitch,
I did not see your thread until just now. This information may come too late as a result. Here is a simple flow chart.
Budget-->Energy Audit-->Battery bank size-->number of watts-->PWM or MPPT.
Here is a link to the rather special spreadsheet that N8GS has created to help size solar battery charging systems!
Solar spreadsheet by N8GS
The one thing I know for sure is that you will love having a solar system.
I did not see your thread until just now. This information may come too late as a result. Here is a simple flow chart.
Budget-->Energy Audit-->Battery bank size-->number of watts-->PWM or MPPT.
Here is a link to the rather special spreadsheet that N8GS has created to help size solar battery charging systems!
Solar spreadsheet by N8GS
The one thing I know for sure is that you will love having a solar system.
