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dewey02
Explorer II
May 08, 2017

Portable Solar being set up - Please check my plans

I will be installing a portable solar system and want to check with folks to see if the set up I have planned is correct. While this will be a home-built portable unit, I will be installing an elect...
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2oldman
Explorer II
May 09, 2017
dewey02 wrote:
So can the Grape Solar 40 Amp PWM controller really handle those to 120 watt panels in series and still output to charge a 12 volt system battery?
This:

"Compatible with 12, 24 and 48V battery banks" is written in the spec and what I made my statement based on. The input voltage must always be higher than the output.

Given these other responses I'd be checking it out carefully.

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