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Last summer I had a 240 watt kit(from Solar Blvd.) Installed on our MH. It has two 120 watt panels feeding a 20 amp charge controller. I recently had the two stock 12 volt marine house batteries rep...
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BFL13 wrote:
Many/most controllers do not have an adjustable high set point and they top out at 14.3 or whatever. I don't know what the Phocos does.
Trojan 105s want 14.8 so it might be a consideration to make the second controller an adjustable one. They cost more of course.
You can buy an adjustable voltage PWM in 10-15 or 20 amps on ebay all day long, for under $20... will go from 14.4 +- .9 V
You need to read the instructions and program it in "b2" mode, with a "+4" for an entry for it to charge at 14.4 +.4 V = 14.8V for your GC-2 batteries.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/24V-Solar-Panel-battery-charge-controller-20A-amp-12V-Solar-PV-system-Black/151181596678?_trksid=p2047675.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D18845%26meid%3D4515165716874710266%26pid%3D100005%26prg%3D8532%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D5%26sd%3D141178180469%26
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Upgrade-version-20A-Solar-Charge-Controller-Regulator-12V-24V-auto-switch-480W-/271327078984?tfrom=350856561025&tpos=top&ttype=coupon&talgo=undefined
