Renogy solar?
I can get 100 watt RV system through Amazon complete with 10 amp controller, mounting brackets and cables for $229 delivered. Anyone know anything about this company? Thanks......DJ
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Don't have any personal experience with it but took a look at this one online. Someone on these forums has one installed and was asking questions about the controller. It appears to come with:
1. 11 gauge wire, ten feet
2. Cheap Chinese PWM 10 amp charge controller (which would probably work fine on 12v batts). Can't be certain about the PWM part since the ad says nothing about it, but it appears very similar to others I've seen that are PWM.
3. 100w monocrystalline panel
Couldn't tell you anything about the company itself
If you have 6v batteries this will probably undercharge them a bit. Most cheap charge controllers don't allow setting absorption stage set point to 14.8v, which flooded golf cart batteries typically need. Could still be fine as long as you equalize the batteries regularly. Shouldn't be a problem with 12v batts.
How many amp hours is your battery bank and what is your intended use of this system? If you've got a couple of batteries and want to be able to stay out on extended trips without hookups or generator and without running batteries below 50%, you will probably need more than 100 watts, in which case you'd be better off with a different system than this (can't add many more watts to this controller). Otherwise, it will probably be fine. Many report good results with cheap Chinese PWM controllers.
Edit: Saw your other thread about the fridge. This should work fine if you only want to run the genny less often, but it probably won't keep up without the genny on extended trips when 48 amps per day are going to that fridge alone.
1. 11 gauge wire, ten feet
2. Cheap Chinese PWM 10 amp charge controller (which would probably work fine on 12v batts). Can't be certain about the PWM part since the ad says nothing about it, but it appears very similar to others I've seen that are PWM.
3. 100w monocrystalline panel
Couldn't tell you anything about the company itself
If you have 6v batteries this will probably undercharge them a bit. Most cheap charge controllers don't allow setting absorption stage set point to 14.8v, which flooded golf cart batteries typically need. Could still be fine as long as you equalize the batteries regularly. Shouldn't be a problem with 12v batts.
How many amp hours is your battery bank and what is your intended use of this system? If you've got a couple of batteries and want to be able to stay out on extended trips without hookups or generator and without running batteries below 50%, you will probably need more than 100 watts, in which case you'd be better off with a different system than this (can't add many more watts to this controller). Otherwise, it will probably be fine. Many report good results with cheap Chinese PWM controllers.
Edit: Saw your other thread about the fridge. This should work fine if you only want to run the genny less often, but it probably won't keep up without the genny on extended trips when 48 amps per day are going to that fridge alone.
