I've not had any luck looking for a Schottky which would work in this application--which suggests to me that either there is no such thing, or more likely, I'm looking for the wrong thing.
Solar panel is 12v, 3.5A. As far as I know there is no diode on its output. (How would I know, or test for that?) I'd like to leave it hooked up to 2 different battery banks rather than manually moving it from one to the other. Both are 12v deep cycle marine batteries, though different capacities.
I'd thought a Schottky between the panel and each battery would be appropriate, and was looking for something in the 15-20v, 5A range. Found nothing so am suspicious I'm not thinking about this correctly?
Thanks.
Solar panel is 12v, 3.5A. As far as I know there is no diode on its output. (How would I know, or test for that?) I'd like to leave it hooked up to 2 different battery banks rather than manually moving it from one to the other. Both are 12v deep cycle marine batteries, though different capacities.
I'd thought a Schottky between the panel and each battery would be appropriate, and was looking for something in the 15-20v, 5A range. Found nothing so am suspicious I'm not thinking about this correctly?
Thanks.