So just use the solar to charge the 12v battery instead of charging 24v and then use a boost converter to power the rest.
Can you charge 24v battery with 12v solar panel.
These panels are great for charging your 12 or 24 volt batteries.
Connecting a solar panel to a 12 volt battery is not a hard thing to do.
Connect battery to charge controller.
However since you have 12v loads it makes sense to have a 12v battery bank with the 2 batteries wired in parallel.
I could use a zener diode or 7612 to keep the solar charge voltage at 12v constant unless sun is down.
Generally a 12v solar panel should be paired with a 12v battery and a 24v solar panel should be used with a 24v battery.
The first thing you have to do it to compute for the ampere rating of the solar panel by following the equation below.
An important point to be noted here is that a 24v rating battery is not available in the market but you can create one by joining two 12v batteries in a series connection.
Let s say you want to compute for the average charging time of a system with a 12v battery with 50 ah capacity and a 15 watts solar panel.
Daniel yantis apr 27 17 at 20 38 show 2 more comments.
If it is 72 cells and voc of around 44v then it is a 24v solar panel and can charge a 24v battery.
Solar panels are ideal for use in off grid applications.