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Charging Caravan house batteries from an outside source of solar and aux battery.
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OK I have 2x 120 AH house batteries in the caravan being charged - only by 450 watts of panels, flat mounted. When running short of power, and I should say here, we have a few electronic devices including TV and vast, as well as a 12v compressor fridge. I have the ute set up with a DC-DC charger from the motor...
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Recommended supplier for Flexible Solar panels please
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Title of the thread says it all with the possible exception of saying they'll be supplying a lithium setup. I've always considered Solar4RV to be the recommended supplier but i'm seeing numerous options on evilBay for 'around' the $1 per watt (roughly) price tag. I don't want attached controllers i...
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solar power
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ive just bought a motorhome for the first time. Being a complete novice, I was hoping for a little advice about solar/ 240v power/ inverters/batteries. My Ford Transit h a 120w solar panel, 2 house batteries and controller. No inverter. Therefore the only way to utilise 240v power points is to connec...
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A cat among the pigeons, a can of worms? Interesting discussion?
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Hello members, I did a bit of searching earlier this evening after testing today on the subject of solar panels mounted on an angle or flat on the roof. TI Terry took macca17 to task nearly two years ago with this comment - "Fairly obvious this opinion is not base on actual testing. Fact is the input is app...
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Hot water indicator light
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Gday Just hoping someone has replaced the little rectangle red lite that indicates gas hot water heating up. $50 or so to buy the whole thing. Has anyone been able to buy just the little light separately? Thanks (havent done this before)
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Panels series vs parallel 80v vs 40v benefits ?
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Hi all, I'm about to install some permanent panels on the roof of the van and have now come up with a mounting plan based on research. The pop up roof offers its own challenges. The panels have an open circuit voltage of around 40v and are rated 235w. Of course I'll be using a suitably rated mtttp contr...
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Too much solar no it was just Kellog
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Well we took the camper for a run to Ararat on the weekend to Green Hill Lake meet up with two friends so we circled the wagons we got the south side so the solar panels were facing south they are mounted on the boat rack so they are also Verticle they got no direct sun and the day was mostly overcast anyway so I...
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PWM or MPPT controller?
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I am probably having to upgrade the controller now as we more than doubled the roof panel area. Aussie Paul.
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Screws or bolts
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When fitting mounting brackets to the solar panel frame, is it better to use a metal screw or bolt and nut? Looking at ease of removal if necessary for any reason. Also what size screw or bolt/nut. As the frames are aluminium should the fasteners be aluminium as I hear s/s corrodes aluminium??? TIA for a...
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Need advice - first time buying solar
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Hi everyone
My hubby and I are going travelling soon and we need a bit of advice on solar. We have a camper trailer and want to buy a solar set up, but we have absolutely no idea about it....total solar virgins!!! Can anyone help with what we should get???
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Tristar 60
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Apologys in advance if this has already been covered and my lack of knowledge re solar. I have a tri star 60a pwm controller which hasnt got the the monitor module. I have installed a victron bmv 700 and I am very pleased with it. Do I need to install the add on monitor to the Tristar side of the system to pro...
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Recommendations for quality 40 or 50 amp PWM Solar Controller
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G'day. Looking for recommendations for a quality 40 or 50 amp PWM Solar Controller please. Joe
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zener diodes
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I'm connecting 2 x 120 AH AGM 12v batteries in parallel, I'm worried about voltage leveling in case one of the batteries goes bad and I don't realise it. I have heard about Zener Diodes. has anyone installed them if so ..what size, how to, where to get. etc etc..Thanks -- Edited by Peter and Jian on Su...
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SOLAR CONTROLLER PROBLEM - COOKED A BATTERY
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Hi all Just a hint to others about a problem we had recently. Batteries were either not charging fully on solar or not giving up full power (aH) ,,, ie "something" was wrong. The 11 year old solar controller started to charge batteries about 2 amps ABOVE THE VARIABLE LOAD rather than say 7-10amps abov...
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Pwm vs Mppt
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Australia direct 4wd drive and camping everything 12 volt related, I just watched a little vid on this site called, PWM vs MPPT charge controllers educational video,but. I cant post the link if anyone can find it and post it here I think it would be a very good thing thanks ....
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Panels
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we are adding a 200w panel to supplement the 2x80w panels insitu at the moment. I have to lift one 80 to connect the 200 so am I better off lifting both 80s and replacing them with 1x160 or keep the 2x80s. one way I have 3 panels connected and the other way 2 panels connected. thanks for your help Bas
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Size of solar panel
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Could someone please advise if 130 watt solar panel is adequate to keep second battery charged? Just intend to run lights and small items off it. Maybe 1000watt inverter. Thanks.
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Folding Solar panels
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Can a member recommend a good quality folding 200 watt solar panel I want it for my daughters new caravan The ones I have looked at have a smaller surface area than a fixed 200 watt panel so I guess the quality is not realy 200 watt Laurie
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Solar ???????
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Hi guys new here and would like some help please .Ok here we go I have 300watts of solar panels on the roof of my van feeding 2x120amp agm batteries with a 30amp tps 1230 pwm controller that gets very hot to touch is this ok or should I purchase a new one with higher amps also what is a good brand to buy ???? Also...
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Battery State of Charge.
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For those of you that do not have a battery management system, (probably most of you) and say that your batteries are fully charged by solar by lunch time, how do you tell and know for sure that the battery/ies are fully charged back up? Thanks. Cheers, John.
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