Solar and Inverter combo question
hi all, i tried searching but did not find specifically what i was looking for. I have a generator hooked to my inverter which charges my battery. I would also like to connect a solar panel ...
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Maybe I'm opening a can of worms, but why so many separate batteries? Why not connect the breakaway brakes, the winch, and the lights to one suitably-sized battery? Seems a lot simpler to me, with fewer things to have to maintain, fewer cells to have to put distilled water in, etc.
Your solar panel might be about enough to keep a fully charged battery from self-discharging too far, but that's about it. It will have no discernable impact on your converter/charger, nor will the latter cause it any harm. Just connect them both to the battery. A larger solar panel (with a suitable charge controller) will do more to keep the battery up to snuff and to recharge it should it be discharged in anything resembling a reasonable period of time.
Your solar panel might be about enough to keep a fully charged battery from self-discharging too far, but that's about it. It will have no discernable impact on your converter/charger, nor will the latter cause it any harm. Just connect them both to the battery. A larger solar panel (with a suitable charge controller) will do more to keep the battery up to snuff and to recharge it should it be discharged in anything resembling a reasonable period of time.
