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I searched around this site and others and can't seem to find the answer to: Can an inverter/charge combo be used to charge house batteries off the alternator/starter batter while the engine is running? It seems a DC to DC charger is used to draw power from the alternator to the house batteries, but inverter/converter combo is used to draw power to house batteries from shorepower/general home wall power connections so can this also be used to draw power from an alterntor without buying and instaling a dedicated dc to dc charger? Looks like another option is to use a dc/dc charger with built in mppt can be used accept power from solar panels and an alternator to go to the house battery, then allagator clips hooked to a house battery and plugged into shore power for that option?
Applying this to my current situation. Renogy has a solar panel kit that includes an mppt controller, so buying that kit for the cost savings on the individual panels/wires/mounts, buying a inverter without converter and buying a dc/dc charger with mppt would added cost and I'd end up with the extra mppt unit from the panel kit (standard solar controller that comes with the kit would need to be sold on craiglist or something at a loss), or I buy the solar panel kit with standard mppt solar controller and buy an inverter/converter and hopefully don'y need to also buy a dc/dc charger if the inverter/converter can draw power from the alternator.
If you made it this far, you're my hero. Thank you for any input.
Edit*** may have found helpful info to my question here - https://diysolarforum.com/threads/a...inverter-charger-mppt-dc-to-dc-charger.36600/
Links:
DC to DC charger with built in MPPT solar controler - https://www.renogy.com/dcc50s-12v-50a-dc-dc-on-board-battery-charger-with-mppt/
Solar Panel Kit - https://www.renogy.com/new-400-watt-12-volt-solar-premium-kit/
Inverter/Charger - https://www.renogy.com/2000w-12v-pure-sine-wave-inverter-charger-w-lcd-display/
Inverter Alone - https://www.renogy.com/2000w-12v-pure-sine-wave-inverter/
LiPo Battery - https://www.renogy.com/12v-100ah-lithium-iron-phosphate-battery-w-bluetooth/
I searched around this site and others and can't seem to find the answer to: Can an inverter/charge combo be used to charge house batteries off the alternator/starter batter while the engine is running? It seems a DC to DC charger is used to draw power from the alternator to the house batteries, but inverter/converter combo is used to draw power to house batteries from shorepower/general home wall power connections so can this also be used to draw power from an alterntor without buying and instaling a dedicated dc to dc charger? Looks like another option is to use a dc/dc charger with built in mppt can be used accept power from solar panels and an alternator to go to the house battery, then allagator clips hooked to a house battery and plugged into shore power for that option?
Applying this to my current situation. Renogy has a solar panel kit that includes an mppt controller, so buying that kit for the cost savings on the individual panels/wires/mounts, buying a inverter without converter and buying a dc/dc charger with mppt would added cost and I'd end up with the extra mppt unit from the panel kit (standard solar controller that comes with the kit would need to be sold on craiglist or something at a loss), or I buy the solar panel kit with standard mppt solar controller and buy an inverter/converter and hopefully don'y need to also buy a dc/dc charger if the inverter/converter can draw power from the alternator.
If you made it this far, you're my hero. Thank you for any input.
Edit*** may have found helpful info to my question here - https://diysolarforum.com/threads/a...inverter-charger-mppt-dc-to-dc-charger.36600/
Links:
DC to DC charger with built in MPPT solar controler - https://www.renogy.com/dcc50s-12v-50a-dc-dc-on-board-battery-charger-with-mppt/
Solar Panel Kit - https://www.renogy.com/new-400-watt-12-volt-solar-premium-kit/
Inverter/Charger - https://www.renogy.com/2000w-12v-pure-sine-wave-inverter-charger-w-lcd-display/
Inverter Alone - https://www.renogy.com/2000w-12v-pure-sine-wave-inverter/
LiPo Battery - https://www.renogy.com/12v-100ah-lithium-iron-phosphate-battery-w-bluetooth/