I have a motor home fitted with 2x 100w solar panels charging a 12v LiFePo battery through a smart solar 75/15. Because the panels are horizontal on the roof and sometimes in the shade then never reach their full potential. Best ever is 140w.
I am thinking of adding 2 more 100w panels and making a 2 parallel 2 series config. This will keep me within the range of the MPPT @24v but it will likely mean that there could be several occasions when the battery charging current at 12v will be limited to the 15A max.
I read in another post that this may cause heating of the MPPT and that a small pc fan would be a good idea to move the air around.
Could I connect a suitable fan to the pv input terminals so that the fan is only running whilst pv is present? Of course I would use a fan rated for such variation in voltage. This would eliminate the need for some kind of switch, either temp or time.