BigCharlie
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EDIT: I forgot to add that I'll have a battery isolator switch between the panels and controller. And thinking about putting another one between the battery fuse OCPD1 and the bank.
Is this kosher?
This is to power my computers on a day-to-day basis (50W-150W 120V x 5-8 hours) with a little extra storage for blackouts. I didn't design it off of 'need requirements' but off of 'what I can do in the space available.' I don't have the panel space to power the entire apartment. I realize the components are outsized for this application I'll reuse them in a future project.
Panels get equal sun.
First off, I don't know what to think about the shore charger. I'm thinking it might need to be connected directly to the batteries, same posts as the 2/0 going to the buses. I'll have the charger top-off the batteries overnight.
I don't plan on there being any draw off of the inverter overnight. If there is (say 100W), would there be an issue with the charger and inverter running at the same time?
Also, I saw this guy's blog post he calls Perfectly Balanced Charging. What do you think about this? Is this the best practice?
https://www.impactbattery.com/blog/post/how-to-charge-marine-and-rv-batteries-in-parallel
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