Recommendations to replace BlueSky 2000 MPPT

[Canadian_Rainbi]

Getting closer to end my charging problems; (long cable run)

Easiest is to replace the controller

Need one with:

Remote battery voltage sense
Battery temp sense
user defined and easily set charge parameters


Not a lot of room near the batteries for the controller so it needs to be where the BlueSky is now, or if it is too large for that, have a Display/control panel that will fit/cover the hole in the galley wall where the BlueSky is, and I'll put it under a drawer in the galley where the old converter was.

[Canadian_Rainbi]

I've investigated almost every option. There is NO room in the battery compartment and little enough in the bay next to it which is located UNDER a slide. Beside which, the BlueSky is a bulkhead (set into a hollow wall) and would need make mounting brackets but even then it would not be easy to get at in order to see what it was doing or to make any adjustments. (The electrical bay is under the slide.)

Anything with a remote battery voltage sense would take care of the problem with little if any loss of charging efficiency over one placed next to the batteries.

Also, I have been tempted for several years to add more solar panels and the BlueSkye is maxed out with the 420 Watts that I have already.

[EsoxLucius]

Why perpetuate the problem? Get the controller close to the batteries. Get creative or live with a bad configuration.