tenbear wrote:
Throughout this thread I have read about panel - controller - battery. Is it correct to assume that the controller will also supply power to other loads on the battery, lights, fridge, television, etc? So the system will be supplying more power than the battery alone will use and therefor the losses will be higher and not all the excess power produced by the panels will be lost. And maybe the battery will not charge as fast as expected.
Yes,the controller output is in parallel with the battery and loads...
However, the panel power is never lost, since there is no excess power, due to the controller's ability to control the panel's power.