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:The advantage is that the battery monitor can hold absorption voltage until the battery is full. That might be 6 minutes or 6 hours.
So the Bogart sc2030 and temperature probe and Trimetric 2030RV would total at about $350. That seems high for a PVM controller. I am still not sure I understand the advantages of this.
MPPT with 12v panels really only boosts amps during bulk mode. Once you hit 14.3 volts the amps are limited by the battery. If you had the large 24v panels the MPPT would be far more useful.
Still the Blue Sky will work fine.
