Inverter Wiring Length
Hi All, Installing an inverter / solar / battery upgrade to my 2015 Glacier Peak 5er. This will be the 3rd system I've installed in 3 different 5ers and each one I've incorporated lessons learned ...
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MrWizard wrote:
'Balance' is in the inter-connecting of the batteries
so all batteries have the same applied voltage and same applied load
the inverter/charger is a series circuit
and if one cable is a little longer than the other, it makes no actual difference in the working of the circuit, one cable could be two or three feet longer, and it wold not affect the batteries
the difference would be in the voltage drop across the two cable lengths under heavy inverter load, it would not affect the batteries
or the inverter
x2 on this.
Keep the wires and wiring for the batteries balanced (if you have batteries in parallel). For the wires from the battery bank to the inverter, keep them as short as practical to minimize voltage drop—even if it means one is longer than the other one. There is no imbalance to worry about; you don't care if the voltage drop on the negative side is equal to that on the positive side or not, just that it's as low as practical.
