Recommendations for solar charge/controller
It appears a buddy of mind is going to donate two used 300 watt panels. They are rated at 30 volts with about 8 amps open voltage (he got them for a song - used I should say) We’ve been out in t...
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My plane is to run 8 gauge wiring from the panels to tge controller and 2 or 4 gauge from tge controller to the battery. The biggest challenge is distance from the panels to the controller - I’m guessing 24’ conservatively.
We had one of the panel at a 75 degree to the sun (I’m currently in eastern San Diego county desert region. We were getting about 190 watts in the mid morning to noon sun, but tge controller was putting out about 15-18 amps to the battery bank.
It was impressive!
We had one of the panel at a 75 degree to the sun (I’m currently in eastern San Diego county desert region. We were getting about 190 watts in the mid morning to noon sun, but tge controller was putting out about 15-18 amps to the battery bank.
It was impressive!
