Solar - Upgrade or replace outright?
The new-to-us coach has a small solar panel system. I would like to upgrade it to the point where I could reasonably hope to capture 50 or 60 amp-hours per day in light conditions that are less than ...
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Those 2 panels will at most maintain your batteries in storage with no other loads. Don't even consider a upgrade for your posted requirements. Plus you just might need the roof space they occupy. Maybe you could get $50+ on CL for those panels and apply it to the new solar or just go have a nice dinner.
And with the current solar wiring run WOW, that's about as bad as it gets!
I'm in the process of installing 3x 250W panels. Sounds like you could use 2 with a potential upgrade to 3. For that the MS MPPT 45 would do the job. I had several reasons for using the MPPT 60.
There is a lot of good input on these boards but one bias is to mount panels 1" above the roof. So I looked at various 12V panels but realized that there were alternate mounting options. For me that's a 6" riser which will place the panels over a functional fan vent and skylight. Plus there will be virtually no shadows from adjacent AC's etc.
And with the current solar wiring run WOW, that's about as bad as it gets!
I'm in the process of installing 3x 250W panels. Sounds like you could use 2 with a potential upgrade to 3. For that the MS MPPT 45 would do the job. I had several reasons for using the MPPT 60.
There is a lot of good input on these boards but one bias is to mount panels 1" above the roof. So I looked at various 12V panels but realized that there were alternate mounting options. For me that's a 6" riser which will place the panels over a functional fan vent and skylight. Plus there will be virtually no shadows from adjacent AC's etc.
