Solar Postive Battery Connection
Hey guys. I'm in the process of putting the final touches on my 5er solar project. 4 Kyocera 130 watt panels, Morningstar TM-45 Charge Controller, Bogart TM-2030 Battery Monitor, Magnum MMS1012 invert...
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Get or build yourself a little bus bar. One economical and practical approach is to take a short length of copper pipe and squash it flat in a vice and drill holes as appropriate. Figure out some insulated mounting (even better if its enclosed in a protective box) and hook it to the battery with a suitably specified short jumper wire. I'd put a (big) fuse between it and the battery as a precaution against dropped wrenches and the like.
Actually, my motorhome came from the factory with a setup not unlike this. Their bus bar was a little fancier, formed from bar/sheet stock with notches for a set of cube circuit breakers in a holder, but the general idea is the same and it works out nicely.
Actually, my motorhome came from the factory with a setup not unlike this. Their bus bar was a little fancier, formed from bar/sheet stock with notches for a set of cube circuit breakers in a holder, but the general idea is the same and it works out nicely.
