Would solar be effective in the midwest?
Would a 200 watt solar panel keep a single 100ah lifepo4 charged during a midwest Iowa winter/December ? I use about 50 ah per day , I found a online calculator that said 50ah is about .65kwh I be...
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You also want to use a solar charge controller that is specifically designed to work with lifepo4 batteries. Most solar chargers will work with them, but that's not the same. Lead acid batteries can only take a full charge to 80%, then trickle charge until full. Lifepo4 can take a full charge all the way. If your solar charger is set up for lead acid batteries it will still work, but will only trickle charge when battery is 80% full and will be wasting all that potential solar power.
PS - Many people complain that their solar panels aren't putting out th power they expected, when in fact it is their solar controller limiting the charge because the batteries are more than 80% full.
PS - Many people complain that their solar panels aren't putting out th power they expected, when in fact it is their solar controller limiting the charge because the batteries are more than 80% full.
