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NinerBikes
Jul 06, 2015Explorer
His 120W panels can provide up to 6.66 Amps.
I'd remove the controller and mount it inside your storage area on your TT, hard wire the send to the battery side to the battery with some 12 gauge wire with a 5 foot run.
I'd use the 25 feet at 12 gauge from the panel to the charge controller with the quick connectors, or buy some Anderson plugs.
Those panels are brand new that I sold you, keep them folded up and in the carrying case out of direct sunlight when you are not camping, so they do not age needlessly in the sun.
Glad they are finally getting some use, I doubt I had 10 full days on them, they were just not quite enough for my 150Amp hour battery and my usage habits, sounds like a perfect match for you, though.
I ended up replacing this unit with a 150w poly panel, rated at a 8.3 amp charge rating, and an adjustable Voltage charge controller that I set at 14.8V for bulk charging, for a cranky Trojan T-1275 150Amp hour battery that needs a little love to get it top charged daily.
I now have enough amps and volts to fill my battery daily.
With you having a smaller battery, this should be perfect, I think you bought some 85 amp hour group 27's, if I recall correctly? Now, one battery should be sufficient for you, unless you run the heater a lot.
Here they were in early January in Quartzsite, getting some early morning sunshine.
I found that having an inline RC watt meter between the controller and battery was very useful for me.

I now lay a chunk of astroturf type fake lawn down first, then put the solar panel on top of it, and rotate as necessary several times a day, no need for a lazy susan.
I'd remove the controller and mount it inside your storage area on your TT, hard wire the send to the battery side to the battery with some 12 gauge wire with a 5 foot run.
I'd use the 25 feet at 12 gauge from the panel to the charge controller with the quick connectors, or buy some Anderson plugs.
Those panels are brand new that I sold you, keep them folded up and in the carrying case out of direct sunlight when you are not camping, so they do not age needlessly in the sun.
Glad they are finally getting some use, I doubt I had 10 full days on them, they were just not quite enough for my 150Amp hour battery and my usage habits, sounds like a perfect match for you, though.
I ended up replacing this unit with a 150w poly panel, rated at a 8.3 amp charge rating, and an adjustable Voltage charge controller that I set at 14.8V for bulk charging, for a cranky Trojan T-1275 150Amp hour battery that needs a little love to get it top charged daily.
I now have enough amps and volts to fill my battery daily.
With you having a smaller battery, this should be perfect, I think you bought some 85 amp hour group 27's, if I recall correctly? Now, one battery should be sufficient for you, unless you run the heater a lot.
Here they were in early January in Quartzsite, getting some early morning sunshine.
I found that having an inline RC watt meter between the controller and battery was very useful for me.

I now lay a chunk of astroturf type fake lawn down first, then put the solar panel on top of it, and rotate as necessary several times a day, no need for a lazy susan.
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