We've owned our Shadow Cruiser S185 FBR for about 2 years now. It is a small travel trailer (~18.5') but is light enough to be towed by my Toyota 4Runner and big enough to fit my family.With that said, one of the first things I did was purchase an of...
Another update awhile later.The roof panel (shattered) still works. I was gone all winter so I couldn't pull the batteries but the roof panel kept them charger (thankfully the snow melted). Then this summer I couldn't keep it plugged in and just the...
johnm1 wrote:Smketter ... thanks for that. I think I'm sort of, kind of, starting to understand ... a little. I've been pondering the Bogart 2030 (?) units for the PWM charge controller and battery monitor (sorry, on cellphone and don't have part #'s...
I use one of these Single stud junction blocks.I actually use 3 of them in my setup. 2 are used to combine the solar panel inputs in parallel and then one is used in a weatherproof box near the battery for exactly what you are talking about. All the ...
Correct, there are no problems using MPPT for a small array. Most people just say its a cost vs. performance thing. You pay for the extra cost of MPPT without all of the gains of a high voltage or massive array.With that said, I think your plan is so...
