Solar Advice (sort of off topic)
I know a lot of RV people have put together their own solar power systems so I'm looking for some advice. My driveway at home is 500 feet long and has a sharp bend in it about half way down. I can'...
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turbojimmy wrote:
Thanks. I hadn't thought of that. I have a few hundred feet of 8-wire low voltage cable left over from my sprinkler system repair (long story). I think it's 14-gauge but it may be 16. I could probably easily bury it along the driveway, even though I'd be wasting 6 of the 8 wires.
Pair (or triple or quadruple) the wires up (i.e., twist them together) to create, in effect, a pair of larger gauge wires for a lower voltage loss over the distance. E.g., 8 conductor becomes 2 conductor wire.
