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Forum: Electrical | Charging, Systems, Solar and Generators 08-15-2014, 07:21 PM
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Posted By booster
Re: What is your solar controller telling you?

I like the name, but does it come with a trailer to haul all the batteries around? Or is it just $50K worth of lithium?
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Systems, Solar and Generators 08-15-2014, 06:37 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 7,578
Posted By booster
Re: What is your solar controller telling you?

Proprietary is probably only as good as you can defend it, and without a patent and the resources to defend it, all you can do is hope nobody figures it out. In this case, figuring it out would be...
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Systems, Solar and Generators 08-15-2014, 05:04 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 7,578
Posted By booster
Re: What is your solar controller telling you?

I seem to remember reading someplace that at least originally, the 12v side charged off the MB original alternator, and the 24v side charged off the engine generator. That may also explain why they...
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Systems, Solar and Generators 08-15-2014, 02:41 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 7,578
Posted By booster
Re: What is your solar controller telling you?

I think Marko is right on the Roadtrek "proprietary" system as being only proprietary in how they put stock parts together. We have heard of numerous changes to the parts the use, also, like...
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Systems, Solar and Generators 08-14-2014, 09:17 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 7,578
Posted By booster
Re: What is your solar controller telling you?

More important than the battery size is how much power you use overnight before charging again. At 155 watts and off by 1:00pm, you must not use a whole lot of power.

What brand and model is the...
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Systems, Solar and Generators 08-14-2014, 08:35 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 7,578
Posted By booster
Re: What is your solar controller telling you?

There very well may be some that do that, but none that I have found in the "normal" RV type parts. Outback has a lot of features, and for sure the solar and shore power share information and...
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Systems, Solar and Generators 08-14-2014, 07:08 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 7,578
Posted By booster
Re: What is your solar controller telling you?

I guess the easiest way to put it is that any and all of the charging methods "work" whenever they are on and connected. That doesn't mean that they are contributing the same as if they were the...
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Systems, Solar and Generators 08-14-2014, 03:39 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 7,578
Posted By booster
What is your solar controller telling you?

As would be expected, since we put the solar on and improved our shore charging, we have been in quite a few discussions about charging, batteries, solar etc with friends, acquaintances, folks we...
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