Hi,
I am looking to add a solar panel to my setup while camping. I already have a a dual battery setup with an old surepower isolator( not one of the recalled ones) . Running off the auxilary battery i have an anderson plug in the rear where I will hook the solar panel into.
Correct me if I am wrong but with the standard isolator I have if I hook the solar panel up to the anderson hooked to the Aux battery, it will only charge my Aux battery as the start battery is isolated from the auxilary via the Surepower. I would then have to connect it up to the start battery to charge that after charging the aux battery.
I presume with a bi directoional isolator the panel charges my auxilary then once charged, the bi directional isolator opens and then charges my start battery ?
I am trying to decide between the redarc
http://www.redarc.com.au/products/pr...-sbi-12v-100a/
and ABR unit. ( this seems considerbaly cheaper and has a higher amperage)
http://www.sidewinder.com.au/page80.html
I also intend to run the ABR dual battery monitor
http://www.sidewinder.com.au/page161.html
Does anyone have this setup and can comment on it.
Cheers
Robert
I am looking to add a solar panel to my setup while camping. I already have a a dual battery setup with an old surepower isolator( not one of the recalled ones) . Running off the auxilary battery i have an anderson plug in the rear where I will hook the solar panel into.
Correct me if I am wrong but with the standard isolator I have if I hook the solar panel up to the anderson hooked to the Aux battery, it will only charge my Aux battery as the start battery is isolated from the auxilary via the Surepower. I would then have to connect it up to the start battery to charge that after charging the aux battery.
I presume with a bi directoional isolator the panel charges my auxilary then once charged, the bi directional isolator opens and then charges my start battery ?
I am trying to decide between the redarc
http://www.redarc.com.au/products/pr...-sbi-12v-100a/
and ABR unit. ( this seems considerbaly cheaper and has a higher amperage)
http://www.sidewinder.com.au/page80.html
I also intend to run the ABR dual battery monitor
http://www.sidewinder.com.au/page161.html
Does anyone have this setup and can comment on it.
Cheers
Robert
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