Andrew, As long as you have proper over current and wire sizing, there shouldn't be a problem with paralleling C60s. Of course, keeping the batteries at 12v for a 2kw array makes everything else bigger and more expensive. And they won't get the MPPT advantages of even 20 year old charge controllers. Sounds a little silly to me, but I'm not there... Howie Sun Catcher
On Tue, May 7, 2024, 12:25 PM Andrew Perkins via RE-wrenches < re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote: > Hello Wrenches, > I have a client who has a large 2000 watt 12v array > that he said used to be hooked into an internal solar charger on his old > trace. Never seen a trace with one of those in it but he claims it could do > 200a. This internal charger has now died and needs a replacement. He is > refusing to rewire his panels into a new configuration and their aren't > many options for him out there. I did get him a Coleman Aire 400a Charge > controller but it is more of a load controller and wants to be able to > properly absorb is batteries off the sun. He currently has a c60 running > only part of the array and now he is asking about running another c60 in > parallel. Not quite sure if this would work or not but my gut feeling says > no and there will be problems. > > If anyone knows of any controllers that would fit that or if running those > in parallel works your advice would be greatly appreciated. > > Andrew Perkins > > Greenwired > > P: 707-923-2001 ext. 100 > > 1150 #1 Evergreen Rd > > Redway, CA 95560 > www.greenwired.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the > other: > https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/ > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > http://www.members.re-wrenches.org > >
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