[C320-list] Subject change: Battery change. Almost there but....

[Scott Westwood]

I am gong with:
Renogy 100W Mono rigid panel (2 of them)  On Amazon right now for $127 ea
Bluesky Controller SB1524iX  about $165 ea  I am getting 2 so I have redundancy.  Bit of overkill.  One will do the trick.  I just wanted it redundant and some power considerations too (Diodes blocking etc...).
Bluesky  IPN ProRemote-S   about $210 (Has Shunt for Monitoring to allow more detailed monitoring)
Temp sensor.  About $30I still need to configure/purchase solar panel mounting system.  I wanted to have the panels in my hand before I built/bought the mounts.  I am going to see if I can set them up so I can tilt them a little.???  If too complicated they  get installed as flat as I can.
Where are you planning to mount your controllers?  I (so far) like the idea of the same locker and above the existing shore power charger.  I can install a protective panel so shade them.
Thanks,




Scott Westwood scottwestwood at bellsouth.net H (919)-362-8538    C (919)-618-7185
 

    On Wednesday, December 19, 2018, 12:18:25 PM EST, Christian <ccaper at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 Scott,
Apologies these questions steer away from the thread title, you just
mentioned some points in your response relevant to a current project I'm on.

I'm in the middle of going down the solar panel rabbit hole.  I currently
have all the struts and mounts for the davits installed (garhauer).  I have
ordered all the parts for the support structure for the panels that will
mount to the davits.  I'm days away from ordering my panels.  And couple of
weeks away from ordering my controllers.

I'm curious which controllers you went with (I'm looking at, and will
likely go with the Victron Energy).  And what monitor panel you will be
using.

The controllers I'm looking at take a max wire size of 10 AWG.  The wire
from one of the panels will be about 25'.  Not happy about running 10 AWG
that far, but the Victron's that take larger AWG nearly double in price.

Thanks,
Christian Caperton
1994 C320 "Canuck" #138
Chicago, IL Monroe Harbor