When fitting the charging regulator (controller) is it best to have it near to the solar panel, near to the battery or does it not matter?
As far as I can see there is no great advantage in having loads run directly from the controller as it will only be these loads that are switched off when the battery is low. Also running loads directly from the controller usually means that a larger amp controller is needed.
Have I got it right?
It doesn't really matter but as some regulators do temperature sensing of the battery then it is better to be close to the battery.
When your battery is getting discharged to a low level wouldn't be nice to automatically dump some of the non-essential loads that are taking it down? This facility is only available on 'larger regulators' so I concede your last point but if you have load terminals already because of your choice of regulator why not use them.
For those with integrated systems its no use your controller knowing how much goes into your battery if it doesn't know how much is coming out as well It will always tell you your battery is more fully charged than it is
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Hi Kev
Unless you are charging run down battery's in optimal charging conditions you never get near what the literature says the panel can produce.
I have 100w's which can produce around 5.5a but in fact on a sunny day up north I only get between 3a and 3.5a in Spain on a glorious day I have had 4.5
I did ask some questions about setting up the regulator, as I don't think the manufacturer knew what panel I had, but no one was prepared to give a definitive answer .
Kev.
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