Voltage drop from solar controller
or: Here we Go Again. Still trying to get my 420 Watts of solar to fully charge my 484 AH of battery. (Currently in southern Mexico.) Layout: 2 80 Watt panels and 2 130 Watt panels in paralle...
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Here are some photos that will give you some idea of the work involved in "move the controller closer to the batteries".
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There is one more 130W panel (identical to the one to the right) that is lying flat just to the left of the 2 80 watt panels. The wires join near the holding tank vent (edge of roof near centre) and go down alongside the vent.
The BlueSky Solar Controller is the black panel with the red light on, to the left. The Xantrex remote is next to it.
The vent stack is in the wall behind the controller. The battery and electric compartments are located roughly below the white plastic box on the floor in the bedroom (right).
The output from the controller continues down the wall then forward a few feet to under the drawer below the fridge.
12V breakers above microwave/convection oven
Under the drawer below the stove.
Connection to bolt terminals from battery, location of original converter. Cables also go up to 12V breakers from this point. Not to point out the obvious, but the white and red wires and 30A fuse are from the controller output.
These are the battery and electrical compartments. The stuff on the ground belongs in there too, except for the large white bottle of distilled water. I'm not sure where we can mount the controller.
This photo shows where the front solar panels are (top left) and where the battery and electrical compartments are. By rights the controller should be in there. Somewhere.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TwSnFaR4nuY/UtxLVnAlf6I/AAAAAAAAHZE/_7p1M72BPQ8/s1600/DSCN4107.JPG
There is one more 130W panel (identical to the one to the right) that is lying flat just to the left of the 2 80 watt panels. The wires join near the holding tank vent (edge of roof near centre) and go down alongside the vent.
The BlueSky Solar Controller is the black panel with the red light on, to the left. The Xantrex remote is next to it.
The vent stack is in the wall behind the controller. The battery and electric compartments are located roughly below the white plastic box on the floor in the bedroom (right).
The output from the controller continues down the wall then forward a few feet to under the drawer below the fridge.
12V breakers above microwave/convection oven
Under the drawer below the stove.
Connection to bolt terminals from battery, location of original converter. Cables also go up to 12V breakers from this point. Not to point out the obvious, but the white and red wires and 30A fuse are from the controller output.
These are the battery and electrical compartments. The stuff on the ground belongs in there too, except for the large white bottle of distilled water. I'm not sure where we can mount the controller.
This photo shows where the front solar panels are (top left) and where the battery and electrical compartments are. By rights the controller should be in there. Somewhere.
