Fullthrottleguy
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- May 5, 2021
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At the end of the 2019 season one of the people that occasionally joined our group at G knew I had solar I had on my Moho and had done a number of systems and so he asked for a parts list for his toy hauler
I sent him a diagram and parts list and told him chose carefully on parts ...
Long story, short he decided to shop everything on ebay to save a few $$ and source directly from China since he was in no hurry - thats not always bad, but quality control of electronic devices is always questionable at best.
He bought a 50 Amp Charge controller for $49... the one's I use cost at least 4- 5x that much. 3 Months after he installed the system the charge controller got stuck wide open and literally blew his interstate deep cycle batteries apart. Luckily there was not a fire, but his battery box was full of acid and all his battery cables were corroded, and replacing 1/0 copper is not cheap
Just a cautionary tale - solar and batteries are high current capable sometimes saving a few dollars costs a lot more ...
I sent him a diagram and parts list and told him chose carefully on parts ...
Long story, short he decided to shop everything on ebay to save a few $$ and source directly from China since he was in no hurry - thats not always bad, but quality control of electronic devices is always questionable at best.
He bought a 50 Amp Charge controller for $49... the one's I use cost at least 4- 5x that much. 3 Months after he installed the system the charge controller got stuck wide open and literally blew his interstate deep cycle batteries apart. Luckily there was not a fire, but his battery box was full of acid and all his battery cables were corroded, and replacing 1/0 copper is not cheap
Just a cautionary tale - solar and batteries are high current capable sometimes saving a few dollars costs a lot more ...
