ANOTHER D*** Solar Question!!!!
Just upgraded trailer to a new, much larger trailer (Timber Ridge 280RKS) which has a "huge" 10W Zamp solar panel. The panel is wired directly to the battery through a master switch and 30A breaker. ...
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brulaz wrote:grizzzman wrote:brulaz wrote:
Have a similar Timber Ridge. Left the mini solar in place and ran separate 10ga wires to my panels. Think the mini solar has an inline 5A? fuse behind the disconnect switch. Didn't know it was also routed through a 30A breaker?
Anyway, here's how I did it:
http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/27715662.cfm
Ran the wires through the front cupboards. There's an access panel up at top. Fishing it through the space behind the front cap was too much trouble.
And here's what happens with the mini solar left in:
http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/28198413.cfm
Is your combiner box from homedepot? Looks exactly like mine. And i agree "ALL" panels through the controller!
Yes, it's from Home Depot. But not really a combiner box, just a convenient, waterproof way to route the cables down through the roof. And since the photos I've painted it with a white outdoor plastic paint to keep the plastic from degrading because of UV.
I've been using the standard MC4 Y connecters for combining my panels in parallel.
The little panel doesn't go through the mppt controller, it's just hooked up in parallel to the batteries. And only used with heavy loads, not during storage.
Ya its just a waterproof box but at 4.88 dollars makes for a frugal combiner box. I used a cut up buss bar inside for connections. Ya with MPPT i guess you could not run the 10 watt panel through it. But the OP said he was going PWM so it could be tied to it.
