Hey Folks,
I received my SS-6 in the mail today and read through the installation manual. Had a few quick questions for y'all.
1) It says that I am supposed to mount the unit "in the same ambient temperature as the batteries"... My batteries are in an outside compartment and all of the wires come to an inside compartment. The compartment is even labeled, "solar controller located here" from the factory. Since the SS-6 has a temperature sensor on it, will I be ok mounting them in different locations? I.E. how critical is this?
2) The instruction diagram says to hook up the out puts of the SS-6 to positive & negative terminals of the battery. But I have two batteries that are hooked together in parallel, so...? Do I just need to hook to one battery and the other connected battery will charge through the other??
3) There is a jumper on two of the terminals of the SS-6 unit to select battery type, "Sealed" and "Flooded". I'm not sure which I have? I just have standard Costco RV / Marine batteries. Any idea which these are or how I can tell? I thought that sealed just meant no water caps to refill but wouldn't that be a flooded lead acid battery too? So I'm confused?
Thanks again everyone.
Oh P.S. just want to make sure that this solar controller / charger won't "fight with" or confuse the charger I have? It's an InteliPower 9100 with the charge wizard added. Will they play nice together and NOT cook my batteries or over charge etc. when I'm in the sun AND plugged into shore power?
