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In this video we go over upgrading from a PWM to a MPPT Solar charge controller on a Rockwood Minilite 2109s. The reasoning we had to upgrade stems from our Go Power PWM solar charge controller almost caught fire while we were camping. We noticed the night before that we were having a 11 amp parasitic draw on the batteries, which is highly uncommon when you aren’t using much to any power. We woke up to dead batteries and after jumpstarting our solar charge controller we still noticed the same issue. By the end of the day we noticed that the solar charge controller was smelling burnt and that’s when we noticed the LCD screen burning out and the charge controller being excessively hot along with the wiring, which we then disconnected the system for the rest of the trip.
Once getting home we did some reach and it could have been the charge controller or the solar panels. After individually checking the panels we figured the charge controller was the issue.
Thus now we are upgrading to what we feel is the best solar charge controller on the market , the Victron Smart Solar Charge controller. To allow us the ease of disconnecting the panels at any time we also installed an isolation switch / circuit breaker to give us that extra security in case we have this happen again. We also show you how to use a Farrell connector and why you might want to use this with your next wiring install and also show you how to custom mount this in your 2109s Rockwood Mililite.
Overall the system looks to be running well and we can’t wait to get back out this next year and flex our solar and our new Victron MPPT solar charge controller.
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