elewis33
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I've built a small solar power pack (20ah battery) and included the solar charge controller on-board with the battery and power outlets. However I want to add an AC power charger and there's not enough room in my current box to fit it all in. In the spirit of being as modular as possible I've been considering putting the SCC and AC charger in a box of their own and only having the battery, inverter and power in/out options in the battery box.
I'm thinking that the battery box could potentially have one 12v power input/output and the 110 outlets. The charging box could have the inputs separated (solar vs AC) with the output to the battery combined, because presumably the SCC and the AC charger are going to be putting out roughly the same charging voltage (the amperage of course would differ).
The logic behind this is that it's a little more portable than an all-in-one box and I can just grab the charging box and plug in the charging when/as needed. This is really more of an experiment than anything, since it's a pretty small system to begin with.
What do you guys think? Is it worth separating these things out into separate boxes? Or should I just bite the bullet on a bigger box and "start over"?
I'm thinking that the battery box could potentially have one 12v power input/output and the 110 outlets. The charging box could have the inputs separated (solar vs AC) with the output to the battery combined, because presumably the SCC and the AC charger are going to be putting out roughly the same charging voltage (the amperage of course would differ).
The logic behind this is that it's a little more portable than an all-in-one box and I can just grab the charging box and plug in the charging when/as needed. This is really more of an experiment than anything, since it's a pretty small system to begin with.
What do you guys think? Is it worth separating these things out into separate boxes? Or should I just bite the bullet on a bigger box and "start over"?