Solar Charge Controller Advice Needed
I have a truck camper with a 7 year old solar system: 2x135 watt Kyocera panels in parallel, 2x150AH Lifeline AGM batteries and a cheapie replacement Nature Power controller. I have a compressor r...
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JimK-NY wrote:
I don't seem to lose charging in the winter, but I do lose because the days are short and the sun is low.
Let it put it this way, if you look into solar irradiance for a location it varies with the seasons. Winter can be 1/4 of summer.
http://www.solarelectricityhandbook.com/solar-irradiance.html
If your 16 amps of panel can supply 80ah in summer thats 20-25 ah in winter.
Let's say ya make 30ah in winter, is an extra 3 or 6 meaningful?
