exterior solar plug
Our 2020 travel trailer has an exterior jack labelled "solar". What do I need upstream of that plug to charge my house battery? I assume these jacks are standard so some "plug-and-play" connectors als...
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Look behind the wall connector and follow the wires:
- They may be connected to nothing (ie: prep'd but not hooked up)
- They may be ran directly to the battery in which case, you need a solar charge controller (cheap and simple to add) between the panels and the wall connector.
- They may be connected with a solar charge controller. Then you just need to connect the solar panel wires to the wall connector.
The inverter/charger (aka: converter) is a separate device with the exception of certain high end models which are highly unlikely to have been included. The charger in this case refers to a device that takes 120v AC power and converts it to 12v DC power to charge the batteries.
- They may be connected to nothing (ie: prep'd but not hooked up)
- They may be ran directly to the battery in which case, you need a solar charge controller (cheap and simple to add) between the panels and the wall connector.
- They may be connected with a solar charge controller. Then you just need to connect the solar panel wires to the wall connector.
The inverter/charger (aka: converter) is a separate device with the exception of certain high end models which are highly unlikely to have been included. The charger in this case refers to a device that takes 120v AC power and converts it to 12v DC power to charge the batteries.
