Post by yeebyong on Nov 19, 2017 22:55:20 GMT -8
Have been researching whether a solar and wind charge controller could be connected in parallel to the same battery. I saw this post and suspect the schematic in the first answer would work in my case. I had been using a chinese hybrid controller that came with my wind turbine to do both, there really is no information on it. I will just post pictures. I am using a Renogy solar panel and have just started testing the Renogy Rover 20A (www.renogy.com/rover-20-amp-mppt-solar-charge-controller/) solar controller by itself.
Question being, if the Renogy controller is more efficient at solar charging could I simply connect both in parallel to my 12V 200Ah AGM battery with a diode(www.kynix.com/Product/Cate/12092.html) for each? Obviously I want absolute minimum voltage drop but I also don't want to mess with a MOSFET, would a schottky diode be appropriate?
Question being, if the Renogy controller is more efficient at solar charging could I simply connect both in parallel to my 12V 200Ah AGM battery with a diode(www.kynix.com/Product/Cate/12092.html) for each? Obviously I want absolute minimum voltage drop but I also don't want to mess with a MOSFET, would a schottky diode be appropriate?
