SO I am back.. first off... Happy New Year to all... :)
currently NONE of this stuff is installed or hooked up.. I am trying to make sure I have enough head room for what i have with some space to upgrade the smaller (100 w) panels on top of AS. I can only use one of the large 335w panels so that is that.
I do have a bogart battery monitor with 500 amp shunt.. did not think the 30 amp bogart charge controller was enough but I guess if you look at the real world I might get 30 amp only for a short time of the day in a cool area. Plus I want to have something that is large than i might need in the future. so looking at 45 amp tristart PWM controller. with the remote control panel.
To address some points.. I am aware the bogart 30amp PWM controller will not work with a 46 volt 335W panel.. for that I am going with a 30 amp mppt.
for the 360 watts currently to be installed on AS, which may be increased over time to 460 or 560 I was going to use a 45 amp tri star PWM.. but in reading it seem i need to keep the different CC the same MPPT controllers vs one PWM , one MPPT.. not sure is that is correct might need to call morningstar to find out for sure.
I see one comment that say the 30 bogart pwm may be big enough for up to 500 watts which I might need to ask bogart about as well. if i add two panels it could be close to 560 watts.. not sure if that would be big enough.?? still might just go with 45 tristart to be sure.
Better safe than sorry..
While is seem like a 160 dollar 40 amp MPPT controller (EP Ever) might not be all that but in watching several youtube videos on them it appears for the money they represent a good value. One guy took the cover off and went through the components and was commenting the electronics used are not under sized or inferior quality for the unit. in fact some stuff was over sized.
The main wire he commented were extra large for what is generally 2 -20 amp units tied together. You might want to watch some of Adam Welch video
https://youtu.be/r3LrWeYYtnQ
thanks for the info..
looking to be upgrading from 2 6v wet cell, to 4 -6v agm in future so wanting to make sure i have enough watts to charge the system.
