Question for the electrical nerds out here.
My Tohatsu outboard has unregulated output via magneto (12V DC, 5 amps @ wide open throttle)
In most cases people seem to just run the outboard directly to the battery.
The output of the outboard, in real use would be low.
This setup seems a bit lacking. Therefore I'm now wondering...
Can a PWM solar charge controller be used to regulate the output of an outboard, or should I just get a simple regulator for the motor ?
Could I hook the outboard output to the PWM charge controller used for my solar panel ?
That way a single device would manage battery charging.
If so, would you need some type of isolation for the two charging sources running into a single charge controller ?
My Tohatsu outboard has unregulated output via magneto (12V DC, 5 amps @ wide open throttle)
In most cases people seem to just run the outboard directly to the battery.
The output of the outboard, in real use would be low.
This setup seems a bit lacking. Therefore I'm now wondering...
Can a PWM solar charge controller be used to regulate the output of an outboard, or should I just get a simple regulator for the motor ?
Could I hook the outboard output to the PWM charge controller used for my solar panel ?
That way a single device would manage battery charging.
If so, would you need some type of isolation for the two charging sources running into a single charge controller ?
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