Thread: DC to DC Charger and Solar

Originally Posted by Tikka7mm08

Yep will give it a go. Read on the net you can fry the panel if it is in the sun before the mppt and battery are connected.

I got no idea how accurate this info will be, but my experience is, I had my panel on the roof for well over a year before I connected it to a controller to charge the batteries.
Got around to start setting it up, then basically got lazy, and only had a cheapo PWM controller and two 200ah batteries. Couldn't find the ideal(ie. long term) spot to mount the cheapo controller, etc ... so got forgotten .. and then lazy.

Finally remembered, a year or so later, to get myself the controller(in my case Victron) and some cables and connectors and so forth and connected it all up.
Panel is cheapo, but still can give me up to 100W in ideal conditions.

New 160W panel mounted on Rhino Rack. I kept the 30A controller as better than the 15A one that came with the panel.

Traxide going well too with the wee remote.