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SFVdave
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Jun 28, 2016

Question about Routing solar cables down fridge vent

I see most route their solar cables down the fridge vent and do so on the side opposite the flue. Is there any concern for the amount of heat generated by fridge, especially on a HOT sunny day. I ...
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azrving
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Jun 29, 2016
SFVdave wrote:
I have my panels and cable. I'm still waiting for the mounts and controller and fuses. Went up the ladder today and removed the vent cap, Re-ran the fishing cord over to the corner. Have any of you drilled 2 holes in the vent base vs cutting the wire mesh. Seems the mesh could end up abrading to cable. I was thinking of sliding rubber insert washers on the cable and set them in the side of the base. Am I over analyzing this?


I put something like this in the side of the vent base.

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