roof and portable solar wiring question
Ok Solar gurus. Need some help. My plan is to install 200 watts of solar on my camper. I would like to have a 100 watt panel on the roof wired in working all the time. I would also like a se...
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The wire is #10 tinned fine stranded. I got it at an Ax-Man surplus near where I live. It was priced at 12 cents a foot. I think they thought it was aluminum wire because it was silver colored. That was about 4 years ago. I've been in the store recently and they had nothing like it.
If I had to buy more wire I'd check eBay for heavy gauge zip-cord at least #10. Zip-cord is also called speaker wire. I helped a fellow camper with a system last winter down in Florida and he found some #10 zip-cord in Miami. It was CCA (Copper Clad Aluminum). It worked okay for his system, but pure copper would have been preferred. Listings on eBay are sometimes quite vague on what type wire is used.
If I had to buy more wire I'd check eBay for heavy gauge zip-cord at least #10. Zip-cord is also called speaker wire. I helped a fellow camper with a system last winter down in Florida and he found some #10 zip-cord in Miami. It was CCA (Copper Clad Aluminum). It worked okay for his system, but pure copper would have been preferred. Listings on eBay are sometimes quite vague on what type wire is used.
