One of my biggest questions to get the most out of my setup right now….
I have my 4 solar panels in series - parallel. (2 sets of series, then paralleled). My Renogy charger can only handle 520w of solar. So my understanding is that I can only add one more panel, but then I would have to run all 5 panels together in series… in real world usage on an Rv, where I may have to deal with shade on the roof, am I truly gaining by adding a 5th panel, or am I adding more worry with shaded panels than it’s worth?
I have a 26‘ toy hauler rv trailer that I’m setting up to be able to take boondocking…. we Camp regularly with hookups available but also a few times a year with no hookups. Our longest trips are 8 consecutive days.
in my setup I have:
- Jita 300ah 12v battery (in the manual it states that it’s a 200A bms and that it has an internal heater)
- Renogy rover 40A mppt solar charge controller
- 4 100 watt hqst monocrystaline solar panels
I have my 4 solar panels in series - parallel. (2 sets of series, then paralleled). My Renogy charger can only handle 520w of solar. So my understanding is that I can only add one more panel, but then I would have to run all 5 panels together in series… in real world usage on an Rv, where I may have to deal with shade on the roof, am I truly gaining by adding a 5th panel, or am I adding more worry with shaded panels than it’s worth?
I have a 26‘ toy hauler rv trailer that I’m setting up to be able to take boondocking…. we Camp regularly with hookups available but also a few times a year with no hookups. Our longest trips are 8 consecutive days.
in my setup I have:
- Jita 300ah 12v battery (in the manual it states that it’s a 200A bms and that it has an internal heater)
- Renogy rover 40A mppt solar charge controller
- 4 100 watt hqst monocrystaline solar panels