Forgive me if this has been discussed, but I could not find anything by searching.
I was looking at how to power my dual battery system and would like to use a solar panel permanently mounted on the hood. I know that people have had bad experiences with the flexible panels on hoods, but all the posts I saw were at least two years old if not older. Many positive things have been said about the Renogy panels and they have a 100 watt flexible panel that will just barely fit my hood (99 LX470). If I run it through the victron charge controller, will that keep both batteries topped off at all times and negate the need for a dc to dc charger? I live in Houston so sun is not hard to find.
I was originally looking at the ctek dc to dc charger with smart pass, but that combo would run me about $700 and I’d like to avoid spending that much is possible.
Thanks for any input.
I was looking at how to power my dual battery system and would like to use a solar panel permanently mounted on the hood. I know that people have had bad experiences with the flexible panels on hoods, but all the posts I saw were at least two years old if not older. Many positive things have been said about the Renogy panels and they have a 100 watt flexible panel that will just barely fit my hood (99 LX470). If I run it through the victron charge controller, will that keep both batteries topped off at all times and negate the need for a dc to dc charger? I live in Houston so sun is not hard to find.
I was originally looking at the ctek dc to dc charger with smart pass, but that combo would run me about $700 and I’d like to avoid spending that much is possible.
Thanks for any input.