I am in the process of outfitting a 36’ sailboat for cruising. I was planning on installing a 400 watts wind generator, 600 to 800 watts of solar panels and be able to charge the house bank with the alternator when needed, I will install 5 100AH lithium iron batteries as the house bank. Keep the standard lead acid battery for the starting battery. I have read about duel power controllers that the solar panels and wind generator hook up to, but have not seen a controller for the alternator, I have seen 12v dc to dc chargers for charging the lithium batteries. Does anyone make a controller that a alternator, a wind generator and a solar array can hook up to? If I go with the DC to DC charger for use with the alternator and a solar/wind controller will there need to be a switch were the house bank is charged by one system at a time?
I am new to the solar/wind generating process and could use some help designing the system
Thanks
Tom
I am new to the solar/wind generating process and could use some help designing the system
Thanks
Tom