Other 12V Sources with a 24V-12V converter
Switching to a 24V battery bank has gone well so far. The 40A Victron 24V-12V converter seems to handle all my 12V loads without issue. It keeps the V at about 13.2V But a question: there can some...
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BFL13 wrote:
I got lost there but don't forget 30v at 24 is 15v at 12 and in winter, 14.8 at 12 is 15.2 at 12.
So in winter you need 30.4 at 24 just to stay even, OR, you can chicken out and go Down South for the winter. :(
Well, the main point of this trailer is so we CAN go South every winter. And that's what we do. But we do run into cold weather in the Southern Appalachians on our way to Florida. One early November we couldn't even get into Smoky Mountains N.P. because of heavy snowfall.
Anyway, the Meanwell RSP-500-27 only goes from 26V to 30V. The next one in the series goes from 41 to 56V, way too high at any temp. And the Meanwell is affordable, even in Canada, so that's what it'll be.
The mppt solar charger is temperature compensated so if the Meanwell's V isn't high enough the Solar should be able to boost it up, assuming there's any sun at all. At least that's how it seemed to work with our 12V battery system and the Prog. Dyn. charger.
