Solar Panels Brands - does it matter?
I am looking to buy 200-300 watts of solar panels to charge 200-240 ah of battery storage. Researching panels on the web, it seems that prices for solar panels have a very wide range. Putting aside ...
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Almot wrote:smkettner wrote:
I am a little skeptical of the Phocos controller but have not heard any bad from an actual user. Does include a nice display.
People taking pains discussing and finding out what the best for them, usually don't go for "kits". Those few who do - due to some "techno-fobia" - are not always happy. I recall only one user that bought a kit from Solar Blvd with Phocos, replaced the Phocos once, and then replaced it with a better known brand. Included brackets in those kit are not too useful on RV, and included MC4 wire may be longer or shorter, but never the length that you need.
PS: have just noticed that it was not the OP hijacking his own thread in endless quest for knowledge, but NinerBikes. Please, start a new thread. Your goals are different from the OP, and so will be the system.
As a General Contractor, I have zero "technofobia", despite your assumption. How are my needs any different than the OP's when I state I will be upgrading to GC-2 batteries 225 Ampere hours? That's right in the range the OP specified? WTF???
This thread is so sideways, I find your post insulting. I did drive down to Norco, to Solar Blvd, and did find exactly what I needed. The Phocos are somewhat problematic, they do have a return rate that is higher than I would prefer. I went with a Morningstar Sunsaver 20 Amp, the product is not plastic, but housed in Aluminum, has a temp sensor, and has a shunt removal option for wet cell versus sealed batteries/gel cells that require a lower voltage to charge.
