Solar Controller

The MPPT solar controller also pairs (via Bluetooth) with the house battery bank smart battery sense.  This ensures that solar charging is both voltage and temperature compensated.

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2018 - 2022 model RT27-OB's come with a ePever PWM style controller. Simply upgrading this PWM controller to an MPPT controller will yield at least 20% more power from the solar panel you already have.

Channel Surfing upgraded solar to 420 watts and is using a a Victron 100/35 SmartSolar MPPT controller.

If you're planning on upgrading your solar panel in the future, the solar controller must be upgraded first to support the new panel.

Victron solar controller(s) can be ordered at our Amazon Affiliate site (https://csurf.co/amazon).