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ozzie_thousand_'s avatar
Apr 10, 2016

solar panel drained my batteries?

I installed my solar kit bought from lance.plugged the panel in on reefer vent and the 2 wires black and rd turn to blue and white which I hooked up as directed thr blue wire is looped and white is the same so lance company said just pick one blue and one white and run it to controller then to my batteries .I took my camper off the truck and 6 days later both batteries are dead! whats up anyone know?
  • RoyB's avatar
    RoyB
    Explorer II
    I have seen REVERSE DIODEs mounted on some of those to keep the solar panels array from draining the batteries when the high sun goes down...

    Not sure if that was your problem or not. Yours may be an electrical misswiring thing or two much drain from your loads after the high sun went down....

    You solar power have to be large enough to put more DC Current into your batteries then you pull out between charging sessions...

    Need more info to determine this...

    Roy Ken

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