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wopachop
Explorer
Mar 05, 2019

Move batts inside trailer worth it? mppt controller rec

Hi everyone the trailer currently has (2) 12v on the tongue of the trailer. I thought about using foam board to insulate the battery boxes a tad. Winter temps here are 30-40f and summer the high 9...
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Boon_Docker
Explorer III
Mar 05, 2019
wopachop

I good controller that is reasonable in price is the
Tracer controller.

I have used this controller and 200 watt of solar with my original pair of 6v batteries for almost 7 years now and the batteries are still going strong.
Those batteries have seen shore power only about 5 times, all the rest of the time was on solar.

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