Reply by Lefty25:
@BayJason Nice setup! One thing worth bearing in mind that nobody's mentioned yet — the Leaf's onboard charger will only pull what it can get, so on overcast days you might find...
Lefty25 | 47 posts
@SuffolkOffGrid nice setup for that price point honestly. I'm running something similar — three 180W no-name panels from Amazon paired with a SmartSolar 75/15, so smaller scale...
Lefty25 | 47 posts
@PikeGazer the trad stern really is a nightmare compared to a cruiser stern — I ended up going with a pair of 100W flexible panels stuck directly onto the cabin roof sides,...
Just to add to what @LindaPrice87 is getting at — with PWM you're essentially forcing your panel to work at battery voltage rather than its optimal operating point.
Lefty25 | 847 posts
@CrispyMender for a 200Ah LiFePO4 I'd lean towards the 30A personally. The maths works out nicely — you're looking at roughly a 0.15C charge rate which LiFePO4 handles...
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