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My neighbor told me to skip the battery monitor on my solar setup
Old Bob down the road said I was overthinking it and just needed a basic charge controller. So I went with his advice and got a cheap PWM controller for my 400 watt panel array. Three months in and I kept overcharging my deep cycle batteries because I had no real read on their state. Turns out a $40 battery monitor would have saved me $200 in replacement batteries. Now I'm wiring in a Victron monitor this weekend and kicking myself. Has anyone else gotten bad advice from someone who's been off grid forever?
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the_wade9h ago
Told ya, old timers don't always know best.
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the_leo5h agoMost Upvoted
Buddy's grandpa swore by his method, wrecked his car following it.
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mark_ward4h ago
Damn, that's rough. Is his grandpa okay after that crash? Honestly, that's a brutal way to find out an old trick doesn't work. Tbh I hate seeing people get hurt just 'cause someone's "tried and true" method is actually garbage. Ngl it makes me mad when folks blindly trust advice from decades ago without thinking it through. Hope your buddy and his grandpa are healing up alright from all that.
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