Muddydogs
Sep 07, 2014Explorer
solar fuses
What fuses are you guys using to connect you solar panels to controller and controller to battery's?
Muddydogs wrote:If the supply cannot exceed the wire ampacity no fuse is needed. So a 30 amp controller that passes through 10 amps of solar power wired with #10 needs no fuse because no harm from a dead short. However the battery can supply more power and so there should be a fuse close to the battery.
Ken
What happens as both the controller and battery are both energy sources?