Solar panels and 10 GA wire?
I ended up buying a 2016 Arctic fox 25Y TT that has two 100 watt solar panels on it. I also have a Grape 160 watt solar panel that I was going to use a combiner box and put it on there. I just found...
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It should cause no problems at all. Though as someone said, that is about the max for that wire.
The only POSSIBLE issue, and this is why they use heavy wire on solar panels, is VOLTAGE DROP. since, in the unlikely case those panels actually put out the rated power of 360 Watts. at 12 volts you are at 30 amps. which is the rating for 10GA wire in bundles or conduit. OF course you won't be looking at 12 volts. but more likely 13-14.6 (Reduces current) or even higher on the pre-controller side. and you can usually only count on about 1/2 the panel rating.
So you should be good.. Heavier wire might result in a slightly faster charge on the batteries is all.
The only POSSIBLE issue, and this is why they use heavy wire on solar panels, is VOLTAGE DROP. since, in the unlikely case those panels actually put out the rated power of 360 Watts. at 12 volts you are at 30 amps. which is the rating for 10GA wire in bundles or conduit. OF course you won't be looking at 12 volts. but more likely 13-14.6 (Reduces current) or even higher on the pre-controller side. and you can usually only count on about 1/2 the panel rating.
So you should be good.. Heavier wire might result in a slightly faster charge on the batteries is all.
