Hi Folks,
I'm looking at putting together a small backup power kit using a 35ah agm battery, a 30 watt solar panel, and a 10 amp solar charge controller. I understand the 30 watt panel might take a long time to recharge this battery, so my question is - when I'm on the road, can I simply connect this solar charge controller to my vehicle's cigarette lighter outlet (12v/120 watts max), to charge the battery as I'm driving? Do I need a higher capacity charge controller to do this?
Ideally I would like to have something that I can SAFELY leave plugged in all the time and then only deploy the solar panel when we're camped for a while.
Thanks
I'm looking at putting together a small backup power kit using a 35ah agm battery, a 30 watt solar panel, and a 10 amp solar charge controller. I understand the 30 watt panel might take a long time to recharge this battery, so my question is - when I'm on the road, can I simply connect this solar charge controller to my vehicle's cigarette lighter outlet (12v/120 watts max), to charge the battery as I'm driving? Do I need a higher capacity charge controller to do this?
Ideally I would like to have something that I can SAFELY leave plugged in all the time and then only deploy the solar panel when we're camped for a while.
Thanks