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pete-hoffswellPete Hoffswell 03/10/2016 at 01:260 Comments

Yay! Our Solar Charge Controller came in -

This is a CMG/CMF Series Solar Charge Controller, and, in particular, the model CMG-2420. It can take in the 12V from our panels, and have room for more, as it's max rating is 20A.

The Panels need to be hooked up in PARALLEL, to keep 12V. So, we simply connect the + and - of the first panel to the second, and then off to the controller

Now our 2 30W panels are effectively one 60W panel

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