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Forum: Electrical and Electronics 06-06-2013, 10:12 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 3,006
Posted By daveb
Re: Portable solar question

Not sure. You need to test it. While the batteries are low see if one array or the other sends the opposite one into the float mode. It will depend on the controllers annunciator display. Without...
Forum: Electrical and Electronics 06-06-2013, 12:43 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 3,006
Posted By daveb
Re: Portable solar question

+1 on Brian's post. Carl, if you're not, you need to watch the battery voltage. After you use a coffee pot or microwave the voltage should float back up after a spell. It should never fall below...
Forum: Electrical and Electronics 06-03-2013, 12:58 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 3,006
Posted By daveb
Re: Portable solar question

Well I just talked to a solar outfitter I know and they say they have designed hundreds of solar systems that use multiple controllers with mismatched panels and they claim that is the way to do it....
Forum: Electrical and Electronics 06-03-2013, 12:40 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 3,006
Posted By daveb
Re: Portable solar question

If you have two "fixed" solar systems, one for the house and one for the chassis system then you don't want a battery separator. You just need a tie switch for those times that you might need to jump...
Forum: Electrical and Electronics 06-01-2013, 10:00 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 3,006
Posted By daveb
Re: Portable solar question

It isn't gonna "hurt" anything but may be less efficient as the batteries peak. If the 130w controller or the portable see's either as a shore power charge it will send one or the other into a ...
Forum: Electrical and Electronics 05-28-2013, 10:14 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 3,006
Posted By daveb
Re: Portable solar question

Yeah I never thought about one fooling the other and I can see that happening. My controller shuts down fairly quickly when the charger is on or the alternator is inputting.
Forum: Electrical and Electronics 05-28-2013, 04:15 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 3,006
Posted By daveb
Re: Portable solar question

Panel types is the key word there. Some panels can be mixed provided they spec out correctly to each other.

As far as connecting the portable system (that has its own controller built in) to the...
Forum: Electrical and Electronics 05-27-2013, 04:39 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 3,006
Posted By daveb
Re: Portable solar question

Your house controller can't accept another panel?
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