smkettner wrote:
If I had a suitcase or portable kit with integrated controller... the first thing I would do is remount the controller near the battery to be always connected and minimal voltage drop.
Yes.
With disconnects btw controller and panel - because you can't usually keep the panel in the same storage compartment. And replace cheap hardware and hinges on the panels with stainless. Next logical step would be replacing the controller (on most portable kits, not on all of them). And then - the panels, with Poly :)