How far is too far for the inverter?
My inverter is going to be about 4-5 feet from the battery bank, and maybe an additional foot or two by the time I run the wire. I am using 2 gauge wire. Is that too far? The inverter will only see...
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I have a zoo for wiring between inverter and battery, but it is somewhere equivalent to about 6 feet (one way) of #1 AWG with a 2000w inverter and the battery bank (four or six batteries depending on winter or summer)
With the 6 batts I get about 0.6v voltage sag when the inverter is drawing 115 amps (as seen on Trimetric). With 4 batts it is more- ISTR 0.9V sag last time I did it.
Your sag amount is a combo of battery AH amount and wire gauge amount.
The aim is to stay over 11v as seen at the inverter for as low an SOC of the battery bank as you can get. You fatten the wires and add batteries in some combo as convenient.
With the 6 batts I get about 0.6v voltage sag when the inverter is drawing 115 amps (as seen on Trimetric). With 4 batts it is more- ISTR 0.9V sag last time I did it.
Your sag amount is a combo of battery AH amount and wire gauge amount.
The aim is to stay over 11v as seen at the inverter for as low an SOC of the battery bank as you can get. You fatten the wires and add batteries in some combo as convenient.
