One large inverter or 2-3 small ones?
So as I get closer to adding solar (or at least a larger battery bank) to my RV, I have more questions than I started with! Big thanks to the folks who have helped me along so far. I found a great...
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It is an MS2000, and I plan to use 2/0 wire from each battery to the fuse/shunt, then 4/0 from there to the inverter. Not planning on using bus bars.
Not sure what the existing wire is right now but it's small. I guess the safest answer would be to dial down the inverter to charge whatever the existing converter sends through the system. But I really don't want to do that if I can help it b/c I want to recharge quickly if I need to run the gen.
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How much energy would I lose by leaving the existing battery wired, and not wiring the new batteries directly to the 12V panel? They would charge by gen, shore power or solar, then they'd feed the inverter.
Then the inverter would feed the converter, which would feed the existing battery, which would feed the panel.
That would solve the capacity issues of the existing wiring, but wouldn't be efficient b/c I'd be going from battery to inverter to converter to battery.
I guess the question would be how much I gain from keeping the 100A charger versus how much I lose with that inefficient pathway.
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Which leads me to another question. If the charger is 100A to the batteries, will that have any impact on the solar panels and charge controller?
Not sure what the existing wire is right now but it's small. I guess the safest answer would be to dial down the inverter to charge whatever the existing converter sends through the system. But I really don't want to do that if I can help it b/c I want to recharge quickly if I need to run the gen.
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How much energy would I lose by leaving the existing battery wired, and not wiring the new batteries directly to the 12V panel? They would charge by gen, shore power or solar, then they'd feed the inverter.
Then the inverter would feed the converter, which would feed the existing battery, which would feed the panel.
That would solve the capacity issues of the existing wiring, but wouldn't be efficient b/c I'd be going from battery to inverter to converter to battery.
I guess the question would be how much I gain from keeping the 100A charger versus how much I lose with that inefficient pathway.
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Which leads me to another question. If the charger is 100A to the batteries, will that have any impact on the solar panels and charge controller?
