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I question why you are using an inverter. Keep everything DC to conserve every watt you got.

DC LED lighting is easy to find. What voltage is your moto battery?

This is a question that i can't really find the answer to. So I am using lights inside my shed that are directly attached to the LOAD side of the controller.. just LED light strip lights (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07TJQX1XT?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details)

And for the external lights, i have a standard outdoor 30w LED flood light set from home depot (https://www.homedepot.com/p/AWSENS-...9f04e5510d75b4881224bf92af558b301f8130e85466c). I have wired this into an extension cord that goes directly into the inverter.

For the motorcycle battery, its a 12v AGM battery, fairly standard issue. I use a Deltran Battery Tender to charge it. ( https://www.amazon.com/Battery-Tender-021-0128-Maintain-Damaging/dp/B00068XCQU/ref=sr_1_11?keywords=deltran+battery+tender&qid=1656516042&sprefix=deltran+,aps,150&sr=8-11 ) Prior to this I had a small 30w panel that hooked directly into a small solar controller that charged the battery directly. I was told i cannot plug this into the battery or load side of the MPPT:
(https://www.amazon.com/Battery-Tend...56526536&sprefix=deltran+solar,aps,66&sr=8-21)

That said, can i put multiple things on the LOAD side of the controller? And if i can, can i convert my flood light to DC or will i still need the inverter? These are questions i haven't been able to find.
 
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That said, can i put multiple things on the LOAD side of the controller? And if i can, can i convert my flood light to DC or will i still need the inverter? These are questions i haven't been able to find.
Yes get rid of the inverter, but save it for future expansion.

I don’t understand the LOAD side of your controller, maybe post a link to it. Otherwise connect multiple items to the battery terminals via a distribution fuse block. Pic of my office system below, I have the exact same Harbor Fright battery and charge from a 36 watt UPS.

To charge the moto battery, you should be able to reuse the previous small solar controller and parallel to the solar output. Your DC to DC charger link is actually an AC to DC charger.

There are 12V led lights with motion sensors available on Amazon.
 

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This is what im talking about with the "LOAD" on the MPPT:
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I corrected my post about the DC-DC charger, i was wrong there.. But i updated the link to the solar controller that i still have (and was told by the manufacturer i can't use in my current setup)
And for the motion sensor lights, i didnt like any of the DC 12v ones i found online, so i went with the one I got.
 
I corrected my post about the DC-DC charger, i was wrong there.. But i updated the link to the solar controller that i still have (and was told by the manufacturer i can't use in my current setup)
And for the motion sensor lights, i didnt like any of the DC 12v ones i found online, so i went with the one I got.

I briefly scanned the Rover manual and saw no mention of the max load output. I assume will be sufficient for your 12V lights. Add the distribution fuse block to the load output.

The small solar controller would connect upstream of the Rover to the solar output, not to the Rover load output.

Yes the 12V motion lamps are cheap, but you don't have a choice if you want to remove the inverter.
 
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