Solar component(s) help needed
I keep bouncing back and forth on what to get and need someone to point me in the right direction ... please. I have a new TT toy hauler. All LED lights, don't want to run 120AC stuff. Have (2) 6v ...
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johnm1 wrote:
Smketter ... thanks for that. I think I'm sort of, kind of, starting to understand ... a little. I've been pondering the Bogart 2030 (?) units for the PWM charge controller and battery monitor (sorry, on cellphone and don't have part #'s) since they talk to each other which is nice.
I just upgraded to the two Bogart units. So much more information and control even on my small system. I started with a super generic Renogy controller.
johnm1 wrote:
Just so much info out there and lots of people disagree on what's best for this or that. It's hard to find my way through the forest sometimes.
That is because best is super dependent on: future growth, panels you have (will buy), which controller you're buying, wire runs, etc.
As you've seen even in this thread there are good PWM and crappy PWM controllers and similarly there are good MPPT and crappy MPPT. If you go all PWM you probably want to keep panels run parallel vs MPPT you can run them in series (which can then cause issues with shading).
Obviously this can be really complicated but buying the two bogarts definitely is not a bad way to go. Similarly, an MPPT isn't too bad either but to get the same level of control/knowledge you'll probably still need a battery monitor and then the controller.
