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What is the power self-consumption of the SmartSolar 100/20 during zero sun?

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does the SmartSolar MPPT 100/20 with bluetooth consum any power, when the solar panel produces nothing? I am afraid, that the charger uses my batterypower for example in winter, when there is snow on the panels.

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Self consumption is in the datasheet - 25 mA at 12V, or 15 mA at 24V.

https://www.victronenergy.com/upload/documents/Datasheet-SmartSolar-charge-controller-MPPT-75-10,-75-15,-100-15,-100-20,-100-20_48V-EN.pdf

We have no idea what your setup is but the self consumption is minimal for most applications. In winter with a 40w panel on a dashboard I can end up in a situation where its running the battery down. Not exactly a normal case.

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