Wind Turbine & Solar Panel Combinations: A Guide to Hybrid
Running through a hybrid charge controller allows you to use both solar panels and wind turbines to charge your battery bank, presuming both are receiving enough sun or wind
When you install a wind turbine and solar panel combination system, you effectively cover your bases and go a long way to making your system more productive. Setting up a wind turbine and solar panel combination is very similar to setting up either system on its own, but with one major exception: your charge control board.
That still holds true for renewable power systems. A wind turbine and solar panel combination helps you get the best performance from your setup. Our hybrid systems are designed to avoid the common pitfalls that can cause wind- or solar-only systems to come up short. After all, the sun can't always shine and the wind can't always blow.
A wind turbine's generator turns kinetic energy into electricity, and it doesn't respond to an equilibrium in the same way a solar panel does. As long as the wind blows and the turbine is engaged, it will continue to generate power. Excess power generated by a wind turbine with no diversion load can literally boil your batteries.
Unless you purchase a wind and solar hybrid kit, which already includes a compatible charge controller, you need to look carefully at the charge control unit to make sure it can be used with both wind turbines and solar panels.
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