Solar MC4 connectors - needed? Why?
I'm in the early planning stage of doing a solar install on our fiver. I see the MC4 connectors and combiners are commonly used, and I wonder why, and if there is a reason why I could not just solder...
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Pulled the trigger on 4x 100W panels. Figured out I could get 8 of them up there easily. Easy to expand later if I choose.
A little more expensive per watt than those big panels, but the little ones ship for free so it's about a wash I think. Cost wasn't a priority anyway, but I did want to get something coming before market prices go up, and right now it looks like that's going to happen.
These 4 will easily avoid shade from the stuff on the roof, which might more than make up for a sum of 100w less than the big panels, depending on where we've parked.
Good point above about that front sloped area on the trailer. If you think about your typical campsite within trees, the one area that you can be sure will have the fewest trees, is going to be the driveway you backed into. And there is plenty of space for 2 of these panels end to end. I'm not locked in on choosing to put them there, but it's a good option.
A little more expensive per watt than those big panels, but the little ones ship for free so it's about a wash I think. Cost wasn't a priority anyway, but I did want to get something coming before market prices go up, and right now it looks like that's going to happen.
These 4 will easily avoid shade from the stuff on the roof, which might more than make up for a sum of 100w less than the big panels, depending on where we've parked.
Good point above about that front sloped area on the trailer. If you think about your typical campsite within trees, the one area that you can be sure will have the fewest trees, is going to be the driveway you backed into. And there is plenty of space for 2 of these panels end to end. I'm not locked in on choosing to put them there, but it's a good option.
