Looking To Add Solar Down The Road
I am planning on adding solar down the road from now. Would like to see if I am on the right tract. I want to install three Kyocera 140 watt panels flat on top. Wired in parallel to a BlueSky 2000E, t...
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I am using the MPPT Eco-W on the 230w in parallel with the PWM Solar30 on the 130w, both controllers on the one battery bank of four 6s. No problems. They add their amps.
It is just another case of using more than one charger at a time. I try to use the same voltage settings so they don't get where one drops out as battery voltage rises. works with both at 14.8 but then the Ec0-W drops to float at 14.4 while the Solar 30 is still at 14.8.
At that point I should drop the Solar30 to 14.4 too, but I am getting tired of all that. It is easier if both controllers are the same model, so you don't have to fiddle. Last year for a time I had two identical LandStar 20 ampers and they worked as one.
I see no reason why two Eco-Ws would not work together when each has the same settings. You could run two big panels. Unfortunately with the 42v input limit of the Eco-W you can't run 12s in series (such as two 115s instead of a 230) with that controller, so you would want say two Solar30s instead and go PWM. Or get the Tracer, but AFAIK it goes to 14.4 tops. ???
It is just another case of using more than one charger at a time. I try to use the same voltage settings so they don't get where one drops out as battery voltage rises. works with both at 14.8 but then the Ec0-W drops to float at 14.4 while the Solar 30 is still at 14.8.
At that point I should drop the Solar30 to 14.4 too, but I am getting tired of all that. It is easier if both controllers are the same model, so you don't have to fiddle. Last year for a time I had two identical LandStar 20 ampers and they worked as one.
I see no reason why two Eco-Ws would not work together when each has the same settings. You could run two big panels. Unfortunately with the 42v input limit of the Eco-W you can't run 12s in series (such as two 115s instead of a 230) with that controller, so you would want say two Solar30s instead and go PWM. Or get the Tracer, but AFAIK it goes to 14.4 tops. ???
