Solar wiring question
Looking to install solar on my prowler 24lz trailer. Watching and reading peoples installations it seems that the best thing is to install your charge controller near your battery and then wire direct...
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Jonnygsx wrote:BFL13 wrote:
No, I meant do not run a charger through the controller. Go past the controller somewhere toward the battery.
Other charging sources besides a solar panel can damage the controller or the other source itself because the controller regulates by shorting its input. (at least some controllers do, if not all types.) You can short a panel, no harm. Don't short your converter.
I was only asking if I could use the wires that run from the converter to the batteries. I wasn't going to run any pre-regulated power through another converter/controller. That would be stupid.
Well, I almost did it that way so I thought I'd mention it. I was behind the barn when they were handing out brains though. :)
