Portable panels wire size
Hey guys, I need some help. Would you consider giving me some advice please? I’m putting together a portable solar panel setup. The panel’s will be the following. Max Power: 140Wp Open Circui...
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Over one hundred feet. You are faced with a choice. Spending a lot of money because of the distance, a) or b)
Buy an inexpensive charge controller and use low voltage panels and blow a huge wad of money on gigantic wire to run to the panels.
Use the panels in series, get an MPPT controller and save a lot of money on wire.
Another option. Use interie panels and a high voltage MPPT controller.
A thought that comes to mind is 100' 8 gauge twin cable is heavy, bulky and a real snake to wrestle with. A hundred feet of 8 gauge duplex on genuinedealz.com costs 248 dollars.
Buy an inexpensive charge controller and use low voltage panels and blow a huge wad of money on gigantic wire to run to the panels.
Use the panels in series, get an MPPT controller and save a lot of money on wire.
Another option. Use interie panels and a high voltage MPPT controller.
A thought that comes to mind is 100' 8 gauge twin cable is heavy, bulky and a real snake to wrestle with. A hundred feet of 8 gauge duplex on genuinedealz.com costs 248 dollars.
