Real life solar results
Just thought I’d post what I’m seeing. I have 400 watts of panels feeding 250 Ah (3000 watt-hours) AGM batteries. I ran them down fairly deeply, pulling 100 Ah of the 125 Ah feasible. Yesterday was ra...
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Our Escape came with a 170 watt panel on the roof and a GoPower PWM SCC. As long as we had decent sun it was fine, but shading would cause problems, plus the 170 watt is mounted on the back of the camper with about a 5 degree slope. Just don't camp with the panel facing north.
We have 260 ah's of SiO2 batteries.
We didn't want to worry about use, so I installed three 100 watt panels, and a Victron 100/30 SCC, so now have 465 watts in parallel on the roof (wired in parallel we lose 5 watts from the 170 watt panel, in series we lose 65 watts). We don't have a microwave (don't want or need one), and don't have an inverter (but want one for a toaster). We now have all the juice we need and an inverter for the toaster will be installed next!
Enjoy,
Perry
We have 260 ah's of SiO2 batteries.
We didn't want to worry about use, so I installed three 100 watt panels, and a Victron 100/30 SCC, so now have 465 watts in parallel on the roof (wired in parallel we lose 5 watts from the 170 watt panel, in series we lose 65 watts). We don't have a microwave (don't want or need one), and don't have an inverter (but want one for a toaster). We now have all the juice we need and an inverter for the toaster will be installed next!
Enjoy,
Perry
