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All the settings are custom more or less with what Dynoman described above ... so no issues there. (Blus the battery BMS, but we don't rely on that)

So it has been several weeks and all is well as far as I know. I do have another "usage" question. For the first few weeks after install, the trailer sat off grid in storage, and I could see the panels gathering the sun, sending it to the MPPT, and charging the batteries. I verified with my...

The Rover 40 seems to be doing it's thing as anticipated. The BT app interface is quite bad. Setting USR settings is weird, and the historical data is infuriatingly obtuse. Also, is there really no way to change metric to imperial measurements? 2x100 Watts laying flat, in serial, with...

@Dynoman Per the picture below, why might Current from the panels and to the battery be so low? 10 AM but full Southwestern desert sun and zero shading. 2x100 in series and voltage looks normal I restarted the SCC after initial hook up (so I assume that is why it says boost mode) and now it...

Dynoman, I have already read that thread and several others with your input, and bookmarked them. My thread here was sort of just to confirm what you have said is conventional wisdom. Thanks for your contributions!

Hello all. I am not near the SCC / Solar install right now but want to gather some instructions/guidelines so I am most prepared when I head back up to the travel trailer it is installed on next time. I have successfully installed and wired my phase one / proof of concept: 100 W panel, PV...

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To confirm, you are saying an SCC can not "up convert" to higher amperage than incoming wattage and outgoing voltage will allow in accordance with the mathematics of Watts Law. Makes complete sense. I will look but I don't THINK the RNG SCC allows throttling. (I know, it's a basic question...

Hah, I just realized I basically asked this question a couple months ago: https://diysolarforum.com/threads/help-me-understand-calculating-actual-scc-current-output-and-why-i-want-to-know-it.60168/ Not sure I got an answer however.

I have a 100/40 MPPT solar charge controller that I will be installing in a pre wired for solar travel trailer. Assume for the sake of argument use cases of 200 Watts (Serial) and eventually 400 Watts (2s2P) of paneling, if it matters. Initial install will be 200 Watts serial, outputting ~5...

I am a newb putting together a very modest and very simple travel trailer solar charge installation - and this is key- in a trailer that is “pre wired for solar”. Bear with me on the specifics of why I am asking. I am just about ready to start gathering final materials and installing, and...

Yikes, this project has fallen off my to do list and needs to get back on it. Finding the rest of pre wired in my trailer will be on the list this week, although I think I found some 8 AWG near the battery compartment which is probably it. (I had assumed 10 incorrectly).

A minor update for those following at home ... and some are not going to like this.... I have started acquiring supplies with hopes of a January installation. In this process I had come across an opportunity for some Renogy materials that presented too good a value proposition to pass up...

Thanks for all the help. Sure bus bars make things easier ... but in my system ... I am not really connecting multiple wires, other than minimally in the future state. If ever there was a case for not needing them, this may be it. gotcha. yep .. tried to show that on the diagram, not...

Attached is maybe the crudest napkin diagram seen on the forum. Hope you can decipher it, feedback please. Notes: The orange is future state I have gone back and forth and do believe I will eventually wire panels in Serial, and probably sooner than later. I have specced 6AWG for the short and...

Thanks for the feedback! Would anybody like to describe where and what specific kind of fusing is needed, and what gauge cable is needed? 200w(400w planned) --->10AWG--->MC4 gland--->10AWG---> Victron SmartSolar MPPT 100/30---> ??AWG---> LiFePo4 --->??AWG---> (future 1000w stand alone inverter)

I have a RV trailer on which I am going to add a modest solar set up for the purpose of recharging the LifePO4 on board battery for the occasional day or two of boon-docking. Most of my time is spent on FHU, but sometimes we have an over night stop without power, or a weekend in the forest...