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magnusson
Explorer
May 23, 2017

12 Volt Solar panel for 4 6v batteries in series parallel

I decided to go with 4 6v gold cart batteries wired in series parallel to increase my amp hours to run a residential fridge. Can I use a 100 watt 12v portable solar panel to help charge the battery? I...
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Lwiddis
Explorer II
May 23, 2017
Magnusson, seems to me you are disregarding rjxj's sound advice...100 to 150 solar watts per 100 amps of battery. Why?

"In the long run if I do a nice system like yours (1000W solar) all i would have to replace is the controller and buy more panels correct?" And the alligator clips!

Do a 400 watt solar system and do it right...including no alligator clips.

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