Portable (suitcase) solar "install" question
I've gone back and forth on solar panels on the roof or portable. Well, due to a tight budget, portable is the only way I'm going to get solar for now and it makes sense for me to try it out 1st as we...
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I started with 100 watts portable. In the summer it will be all you need.
Mount the controller near the batts if you can. Any kind of good 12v connector will suffice. Make sure the positive side from the trailer is shielded (female). You can fuse the line between controller and batts. If you can't buy a waterproof controller, put it in a vented box of some sort. Morningstar has some weatherproof controllers, I think.
Leave them out 24/7 except for any security concerns.
I used 12 gauge landscape wire for mine. Two fifty foot segments with a connection in between.
Mount the controller near the batts if you can. Any kind of good 12v connector will suffice. Make sure the positive side from the trailer is shielded (female). You can fuse the line between controller and batts. If you can't buy a waterproof controller, put it in a vented box of some sort. Morningstar has some weatherproof controllers, I think.
Leave them out 24/7 except for any security concerns.
I used 12 gauge landscape wire for mine. Two fifty foot segments with a connection in between.
