BruceVanLife
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I have a question for Will and the group.
I have an RV with 4 of the famous Sunpower commercial 435-watt panels on the roof.
These will eventually feed my 48v system this spring.
I have 3 large 12 v engine batteries that I am using temporarily as my house batteries too.
I am only using 1 panel currently to feed my Victron 150 / 35 controller 12-48v solar controller.
The 4 panels are connected currently into a midnite solar combiner box w each panel having its breaker combined with the controller.
Question.
With winter months coming up, is there a way to be able to access the other panels automatically without having to flip breakers on and off manually? when cloudy, foggy on the coast here in CA.
Without going over the 500-watt threshold on my 12 v system (from what I read this is the max input I can have for this current setup)
Like today it's cloudy. One panel is only bringing in 200 watts. It would be nice if 2 other panels could come up automatically but still stay under the 500/watt total to the controller
If not I will keep it. using the manual breaker method until I get my 48v battery setup after winter
I have an RV with 4 of the famous Sunpower commercial 435-watt panels on the roof.
These will eventually feed my 48v system this spring.
I have 3 large 12 v engine batteries that I am using temporarily as my house batteries too.
I am only using 1 panel currently to feed my Victron 150 / 35 controller 12-48v solar controller.
The 4 panels are connected currently into a midnite solar combiner box w each panel having its breaker combined with the controller.
Question.
With winter months coming up, is there a way to be able to access the other panels automatically without having to flip breakers on and off manually? when cloudy, foggy on the coast here in CA.
Without going over the 500-watt threshold on my 12 v system (from what I read this is the max input I can have for this current setup)
Like today it's cloudy. One panel is only bringing in 200 watts. It would be nice if 2 other panels could come up automatically but still stay under the 500/watt total to the controller
If not I will keep it. using the manual breaker method until I get my 48v battery setup after winter