Dirtpig
Jul 13, 2015Explorer
Mixing solar
I am purchasing a new RV and I have some questions about mixing together different panels and controllers. On my present camper I have a 140 watt Kyocera. On the new one it has a 20 watt and cheap lo...
Dirtpig wrote:
I don't think this cheap ZAMP controller has ability to adjust voltage setting for charging. I will remove it.
I have decided that I will buy a bit lower cost charge controller, still a blue sky 3 stage, but a PWM instead of mppt. Called an sc30. I also ordered a 2nd 140watt Kyocera panel. Identical to the one I already have. So I will have 280 watts. I chose the PWM because it was $150 cheaper and the research I read seemed to show that mppt wasn't as good with 17volt panels and may not be worth it.