Solar Finally
Finally ordered a solar panel. We decided to go with the Renogy 100w suitcase. Price was right. This will get us started for right now. We currently have two - 12v batteries at almost 100ah each. I th...
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frizzen wrote:BigSkillet wrote:
I'm looking at this as well. Since I have no knowledge, do you run it directly to the battery compartment when using it?
You can get them with or without a built in charge controller. If you have the controller all you have to do is put the clips on the battery. The leads will be about 15 feet long.
I have 2 of them without controllers that feed into a 30 watt pwm. Waiting to take the rig out and give them a try. I riggged up a 50 foot cable out of some wire that I have had for a while. THis lets me park in the shade and put the solar panels in the sun. In direct sunlight I was getting 21.5 volts and 11.3 amps at the end of the cable.
Please do us all a favour, and use the proper cable connectors. There's a reason the NEC has different specs for different voltages.
