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<blockquote data-quote="Ded Driver" data-source="post: 512424" data-attributes="member: 12692"><p>just to help you fellas clear up a point on dual input charging;</p><p>when it is said 'you should not charge from 2 sources', this means;</p><p><strong>You should not have 2 separate smart chargers running into your battery.</strong></p><p>But, you can use a DC-DC charge controller that takes 2 supplies (alternator & solar) & combines it into ONE charge line into the battery.</p><p>.</p><p>My Projecta IDC45 takes both inputs, & prioritises solar first, & then uses the alternator input to make up any shortfall in charge current (if the motor is running of course)</p><p>.</p><p>If you have more than 1 solar panel, you simply wire the panels in parallel to add the Amps up, & that then all goes into the 'Solar Input' of your charger, whether it is a simple PWM or a MPPT DC-DC charger.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ded Driver, post: 512424, member: 12692"] just to help you fellas clear up a point on dual input charging; when it is said 'you should not charge from 2 sources', this means; [b]You should not have 2 separate smart chargers running into your battery.[/b] But, you can use a DC-DC charge controller that takes 2 supplies (alternator & solar) & combines it into ONE charge line into the battery. . My Projecta IDC45 takes both inputs, & prioritises solar first, & then uses the alternator input to make up any shortfall in charge current (if the motor is running of course) . If you have more than 1 solar panel, you simply wire the panels in parallel to add the Amps up, & that then all goes into the 'Solar Input' of your charger, whether it is a simple PWM or a MPPT DC-DC charger. [/QUOTE]
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