Mostly done switching out the integrated solar controller on a Renogy folding solar panel for an interior-mounted solar controller: https://crumblies.wordpress.com/install-of-a-blue-sky-sc30-solar-controller/.
We're spending two months this season in Montana, Glacier, Idaho, Yellowstone and the Bighorn mountains (and getting to and from). Most of the time we'll be off the grid giving our solar setup a workout.
1. How is your new controller working?
2. How do your check state of charge?
Tioga George
Because of the cold spring weather in northern Michigan we've been camping in electric sites and won't be calling on the SC30 controller much until we do our trip west later this summer. Details of the SC30's operation can be seen here. On a previous trailer whe had a Blue Sky SB3000i controller we were very happy with.
Obviously the controller failed, but do you like the Renogy panel? Is there any benefit of going larger? I didn't see your mounting options on your page, do you have more information on that?
Mounting pictures for the SC30 controller are here.
We've been very happy with the performance of the Renogy folding panel other than the fact that the controller originally mounted on the panel was not waterproof and subject to water damage. If there's good sun, with our conservative power use we do fine with the 100W panel and a single 12V marine battery,
We looked at the GoPower 120W panel which is 20W larger than the Renogy, but passed on it because of its much higher cost. We're currently considering adding another 50W permanently mounted panel to tie into the controller with the portable along with a dual battery system for more off-grid power time. Now trying to decide between a flexible or rigid panel for the 50W (investigating how a flush-mounted flexible panel dissipates heat vs a rigid panel mounted slightly above the trailer surface).
Thanks!