Solar - Upgrade or replace outright?
The new-to-us coach has a small solar panel system. I would like to upgrade it to the point where I could reasonably hope to capture 50 or 60 amp-hours per day in light conditions that are less than ...
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Empty Nest, Soon wrote:Yeah, way too long for 12v. I'd go minimum 24v. I run 6 panels in series at 100+ volts @8amps thru 30' 10awg. Not much loss there.
the wire seems inordinately long.,.. about half the length of the coach...The wire at the controller is AWG 10 THHN. ..this seems small for such a long run if it is expected to carry much power at 12 VDC........ wired to produce 24 volts (which I assume would result in less loss over the run to the controller compared to 12 volts)
I used to run 360w at 12v, but the connectors at the controller (and various other places) got hot from the amperage.
