OurVentures
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I have a Class A motorohome that has too much on the roof and as such I am really limited to panels that are less that 35 inches across. I am also trying to build on a budget, so looking at panels from SanTan. The two that they have are a 185 watt panel (vmp 36.4 and imp 5.1) and a 230 watt panel (vmp 41 and imp 5.61 amp)
For Black Friday I got what I think was a good deal on 2 Victron Smart MPPT 100/30.
More important info:
I have four 6V golf cart Lead acid batteries in 2s2p. each are 235 ah, so a total of 470 ah with 50% usable to 235 ah at 12v.
The motorhome has a Magnum set up with a Magnum 2012 inverter charger with auto gen start and the RC50 contoller.
I plan on using these panels mainly in the summer in the northern US and maybe in the Southwest US in the winter.
So my question, is can I use two of each of the above panels in parallel?
I THINK the max output of the solar controller is 14.4v x 30 amps = 430 watts.
Two of the 230 watt panels is 460 MAX which likely is slightly over paneled and fine
Two of the 185 watt panels is only 370 watts and under paneled. Do to the space limitation I do not want to underpanel at all.
Three of the 185 panels is 555 watts and likely way over paneled.
Any other narrow 200 to 250 watt panels out there that are cheap?
For Black Friday I got what I think was a good deal on 2 Victron Smart MPPT 100/30.
More important info:
I have four 6V golf cart Lead acid batteries in 2s2p. each are 235 ah, so a total of 470 ah with 50% usable to 235 ah at 12v.
The motorhome has a Magnum set up with a Magnum 2012 inverter charger with auto gen start and the RC50 contoller.
I plan on using these panels mainly in the summer in the northern US and maybe in the Southwest US in the winter.
So my question, is can I use two of each of the above panels in parallel?
I THINK the max output of the solar controller is 14.4v x 30 amps = 430 watts.
Two of the 230 watt panels is 460 MAX which likely is slightly over paneled and fine
Two of the 185 watt panels is only 370 watts and under paneled. Do to the space limitation I do not want to underpanel at all.
Three of the 185 panels is 555 watts and likely way over paneled.
Any other narrow 200 to 250 watt panels out there that are cheap?