Solar Charge Controller
Looking at solar and seeing different options for controllers. What's the difference between PWM and MPPT?
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Ok it is not a trailer. It is still a sun blocker, same problem. Best place is on the roof so no own-Rv sun blocking. Means being spry at your age. :) Otherwise the portable is on the ground.
You have to arrange where the wires can get into where the controller is. (eg, put a "cable hatch" in the basement compartment's door. )
You need pigtails from the controller array terminals that you connect to with your long wires from the panel. Connect/disconnect with wirenuts or jumper cable type clamps whatever to the pigtails. Some people use ?? Anderson poles?? ( maybe somebody can explain those)
You need to wire from the controller to the battery bank. Maybe drill a hole through the wall between their adjacent compartments and then use goop to seal the hole with the wires in it.
You could have the controller in a waterproof box you make that sits under the steps near the batteries. In that case the controller is portable too so now you need the pigtail connection/disconnects on the battery wires from the controller to connect it all up.
You have to arrange where the wires can get into where the controller is. (eg, put a "cable hatch" in the basement compartment's door. )
You need pigtails from the controller array terminals that you connect to with your long wires from the panel. Connect/disconnect with wirenuts or jumper cable type clamps whatever to the pigtails. Some people use ?? Anderson poles?? ( maybe somebody can explain those)
You need to wire from the controller to the battery bank. Maybe drill a hole through the wall between their adjacent compartments and then use goop to seal the hole with the wires in it.
You could have the controller in a waterproof box you make that sits under the steps near the batteries. In that case the controller is portable too so now you need the pigtail connection/disconnects on the battery wires from the controller to connect it all up.
