Gday all, I currently have the Victron Energy Orion-Tr Smart 12 I 12-30 isolated DCDC Charger in my Vehicle, charging a 100A/hr Deep Cycle Battery. I am now wanting to mount a Fixed Solar Panel of around 100W to 150W to my Roof rack on the vehicle. I just purchased the Victron Energy SmartSolar MPPT 75 I10 Solar Charge controller, and want to run both together. Do I just Bridge the 2 of them together somehow?, or run separate cables from each to my Battery?
Cheers
Wayne
I'm not sure what you mean by bridging, but you want to run separate wires of the appropriate size with fuses from each device, the DC charger and the solar charge controller, all the way to the battery. If you're somehow doubling up devices on the same wires, then the wire wouldn't be of sufficient size (gauge) if both happen to be sending power at the same time.
Make sure you configure the MPPT correctly for your battery as well. Probably best to make sure settings the same as the Orion.
