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BarberArias
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Mar 27, 2017

Solar wiring issue

I'm sure solar questions have been beat to a pulp but I just can't find the answer.

I don't want to drill holes through my rv roof and found that I could easily run my solar power lines down my fridge exuaghst vent. Thus gives me great access to everything I need.

Question is, can I just use the power lines coming from my battery to the fuse and breaker box to back feed my solar to charge the batteries? Or do I need to run new lines all the way back to the batteries from my control?

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  • Welcome to the forum.

    Yes, you can do that. It's not really a backfeed. However, depending on the length of the wire run to the batteries, the size of the wire, and the amount of solar, you could have significant voltage drop. Meaning less than ideal performance.

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