Bit of an odd question and could be a very stupid one, but I wanted to see.
I have a small 50w 12v panel, a EPEver Tracer AN Controller, and a 100Ah 12V AGM Battery.
The problem is that the 50w panel rarely gives me enough voltage to get the EPEver into a reasonable charging range. For example on a very sunny day, I have nothing more than 2w. But I have learnt that it wont start to charge at a good rate unless the voltage at a certain level. So playing around I installed a suitably rated boost convertor between the panel and the EPEever controller, and I was getting 20w even late in the day and it was finally putting some voltage back into the battery.
This was just a test and I have reverted back to how it should be, and I know the obvious option here is to get another 50w panel in series, but in the short term, can anyone tell me if doing what I did would be a problem? Heat dissipation and maybe inefficient might points raised, but its in a cold area, so heat wont be an issue, and as for efficiency, surely this is better than how it was?
Thanks
I have a small 50w 12v panel, a EPEver Tracer AN Controller, and a 100Ah 12V AGM Battery.
The problem is that the 50w panel rarely gives me enough voltage to get the EPEver into a reasonable charging range. For example on a very sunny day, I have nothing more than 2w. But I have learnt that it wont start to charge at a good rate unless the voltage at a certain level. So playing around I installed a suitably rated boost convertor between the panel and the EPEever controller, and I was getting 20w even late in the day and it was finally putting some voltage back into the battery.
This was just a test and I have reverted back to how it should be, and I know the obvious option here is to get another 50w panel in series, but in the short term, can anyone tell me if doing what I did would be a problem? Heat dissipation and maybe inefficient might points raised, but its in a cold area, so heat wont be an issue, and as for efficiency, surely this is better than how it was?
Thanks