Solar Wire Size..??? Fuses on panels...??
Ok, ready to install my solar system and I need to buy wire to go from panels to the solar controller Two, 140W panels, wired in parallel Here are the specs on the panel: The wire lengt...
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Today I finished the solar install....
Had to build a battery box to hold two Group 31 batteries and a little extra room for a future circuit breaker (on order).
The box was made out of simple birch plywood and coated with two coats of truck bed liner. At some point I'll replace it with a diamond plate aluminum version. Just didn't have time and $$ to do it now.
Had to make a little "Side Car" to fit everything as the batteries took all the distance between the hitch frame.
The top is removable and secured with a couple of padlocks
Vents supply fresh air and let it breath.
Lots of cutting, crimping and heat shrinking! I think it came out nice!
Hooked it all up, threw the battery disconnect switch and everything worked perfectly! It was 3:30PM when I threw the switch and the Trimetric was showing the batteries were receiving a charge. Batteries were at 12.85V (new batteries, never installed) and after an hour they were at 13.1V...Nice!
Can't wait to give it a real shakedown next weekend!
Lots more on my website
www.rvbprecision.comwww.rvbprecision.com
Had to build a battery box to hold two Group 31 batteries and a little extra room for a future circuit breaker (on order).
The box was made out of simple birch plywood and coated with two coats of truck bed liner. At some point I'll replace it with a diamond plate aluminum version. Just didn't have time and $$ to do it now.
Had to make a little "Side Car" to fit everything as the batteries took all the distance between the hitch frame.
The top is removable and secured with a couple of padlocks
Vents supply fresh air and let it breath.
Lots of cutting, crimping and heat shrinking! I think it came out nice!
Hooked it all up, threw the battery disconnect switch and everything worked perfectly! It was 3:30PM when I threw the switch and the Trimetric was showing the batteries were receiving a charge. Batteries were at 12.85V (new batteries, never installed) and after an hour they were at 13.1V...Nice!
Can't wait to give it a real shakedown next weekend!
Lots more on my website
www.rvbprecision.comwww.rvbprecision.com
