Originally posted by aln
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that was a single diode on the + side to a nice big 350V 3300uF cap
the line from the panel to the cap is about 25 feet. I think there's enough resistance there to avoid the spike, at least I have not had any problems with it.
There was some talk about the SSG eventually running batteries down, and I think Bob mentioned my setup here. I'm using my Neg2Neg mode on this so I wonder if that might have something to do with my batteries lasting so long. As Aaron mentioned using the Neg2Neg is more like a boost converter, there's still a spike however much current is delivered as well. That being said, my batteries this winter have not been climbing as high as last winter, I'll have to look up to see if there is any comparative solar data for seattle this winter vs last winter. Just in case, this week I took the coil off and have the panel hooked up directly to the batteries + diode of course... The sun is out quite a bit more this week so I will not be able to compare, just taking caution. It's a nice battery bank I'd hate to loose it.
KR - Patrick
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