MrZZeroG
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Hello
long time follower of Will and he’s been an incredible help to us. We have a YouTube channel (abandon shed to tiny house - /DannerCronise). It’s a project that my son and I can work on together so he can learn about construction, etc. He’s a senior in Computer Engineering, so we are planning some fun DIY controls.
we have the rich solar 40a MPPT and two SOK 12VDC/100A and 2 12VDC 100s “deep cycle” (yes we know) lead acid. There are 4 100W rich solar monocrystalline panels in series and at present we are using parallel (12VDC). input cion the controller is limited 100v/50A and panels are 22.8V/5.38A
I know we are fine with the first 4 panels in series. Can we add 4 more in series and stay at 12VDC or do we need to move to 24VDC when we add 4x more panels? I don’t quite understand the input to output rules, but realize it’s controller specific.
Once we get a feel for this we will transfer all or part of this to our GMC motorhome and probably build a system for rhe house. This gives us power now and we can learn with it.
thanks again!
Ray
long time follower of Will and he’s been an incredible help to us. We have a YouTube channel (abandon shed to tiny house - /DannerCronise). It’s a project that my son and I can work on together so he can learn about construction, etc. He’s a senior in Computer Engineering, so we are planning some fun DIY controls.
we have the rich solar 40a MPPT and two SOK 12VDC/100A and 2 12VDC 100s “deep cycle” (yes we know) lead acid. There are 4 100W rich solar monocrystalline panels in series and at present we are using parallel (12VDC). input cion the controller is limited 100v/50A and panels are 22.8V/5.38A
I know we are fine with the first 4 panels in series. Can we add 4 more in series and stay at 12VDC or do we need to move to 24VDC when we add 4x more panels? I don’t quite understand the input to output rules, but realize it’s controller specific.
Once we get a feel for this we will transfer all or part of this to our GMC motorhome and probably build a system for rhe house. This gives us power now and we can learn with it.
thanks again!
Ray
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