I have a portable 200 Watt Mono PERC panel with these specs
Voltage … Open 26.72V, Working 21.5V;
Current … Open Max 9.35A, Short 9.79A
I have a standalone Power Station by BougeRV model Fort1000 1120Wh. The power station has a PV input with specs max input 8 Amps, 12 to 30 Volts. I would like to connect the panel direct to the PV input on the power station, but I am worried that it could exceed the max input current of 8 amps.
The customer service folks at BougeRV tell me the power station has a built in MPPT, but are advising me that I must not connect a panel that would exceed the input limits of the power station. I bought a Victron 75/15 and limited the amps to 8, connected this to the power station, but was told this might fault the power station.
Here is what they said to me – which makes no sense at all.
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The power station itself has a built-in MPPT. If controllers that already have MPPT are connected together, mutual exclusion will occur in the power station as the final end of the solar input, causing the power station to trigger the protection function and stop working, causing unnecessary damage.
Your MPPT can change the current control within 8A, and the voltage will drop accordingly, but the final key is the problem of the two MPPTs.
With the Victron connected, it will be limited to 8A, but it does not ensure that a solar panel above this current will cause irreversible damage to the power station when connected.
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Can anyone tell me what BougeRV is talking about with this Mutual exclusion thing.
Can anyone explain what could possibly be wrong with using the Victron 75/15 to provide a controlled input to the power station of 8 amps
