Portable (suitcase) solar "install" question
I've gone back and forth on solar panels on the roof or portable. Well, due to a tight budget, portable is the only way I'm going to get solar for now and it makes sense for me to try it out 1st as we...
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johnm1 wrote:
You guys make my head spin with all this data and the more I read the more I ever so slightly understand and retain ... thank you for helping me with this.
With this new knowledge and the graph from red31, what happens when my rv is plugged into my running generator and the solar is still doing it's thing? Anything I need to be aware of or does it matter?
you shouldn't need to worry. what will happen is the generator will be charging the battery, or the charge controller and most likely provide more current capability than the panels can. so the charger will raise battery voltage, that will tell the solar controller to provide the needed current based on that voltage.
Basically, they will be operating in parallel, with most likely the generator being the master and the solar acting as a slave and follow the generator or charge controller if hooked to shore power.
they should coexist nicelym, at least all the systems I've seen do.
