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So I would like to make a simple portable array with two 50 watt panels to use to charge a 12 volt 100ah battery. If the batteries are battleborn lithium and I keep the currant low can I go straight from the panels to to batteries or should a charge controller still be used? Maybe a smaller...

So weird one for me. I have 80 Volts from 6 panels going into the cc, but I have no ops from the cc. Won’t turn on, nothing. Switched out the charge controller for a identical one and have no ops.?? I have fuses on my solar banks and all check out. ?? I have 4 100 ah batteries that are near...

Far better then what I had in there

So. I now have 4 more panels that I am looking to hook up for a total of six panels at 355 watts for a total of 2130. What I am looking to find out is 1. How do I hook up all six to feed my charge controller. 2. Do I need to fuse them. Info plate of the panels attached.

So I’m wanting to upgrade my system to lifepo batteries ?. I’m a bit intimidated by the cost however. Are there other options? I would love to find a 100ah battery at around $200. Any ideas??

So the fire season is active here, last night had the fan running and now the system is dead. No solar, no power. The problem is not the sun, it’s that the sun can not penetrate the smoke, what can I do to get beyond this? Do I need a bigger battery bank? I know that I need to change out my...

Good evening from central idaho, I am going off grid and thought yeah solar will be easy enough, enter my humble pie. I seem to be having issues with my system. Right now on the roof I have two 40 volt panels rated at 355 watts and three 12volt panels rated at 50watts. At the moment they are...