https://greencoast.org/solar-battery-charging-basics/ Renewable Energy and Green Living Sat, 21 Jan 2023 07:46:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://greencoast.org/solar-battery-charging-basics/#comment-27 Wed, 09 Oct 2019 03:28:13 +0000 https://greencoast.org/?p=1468#comment-27 Charge controllers muddle me up. 150W panels rated for 8A are connected to 200AH gel batteries through a controller that specifies max charging voltage as 14 5 so at no time will the charging current exceed 5A.
Does this mean that the larger the bank,say 1200AH has to take days to fill? Because if you paralel panels through the controller, despite multiplying the current to controller, the controller will only let thro as much current as limited by the potential difference.

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