Wanting to increase our solar
When we bought our Airstream Flying Cloud 23FB last year, we had the dealer add the Airstream solar option. That was a single 80 watt (6.67 amps) solar panel mounted on the roof. It is really nice, an...
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MrWizard wrote:
yes you can goto 3 panels, 10ga will be fine for 18amps, 10ga is rated for 30amps
you will get more voltage drop from panels to controller than you would with larger wire, but larger wire would be excess wasted $$ unless you also changed the solar controller to MPPT
the panels put out 18-22v, but the controller charges at 14+
you do not need to change the controller and wire
you 'can' thats a -future- option, but it is not required
what you want to do (add 2 more panels) will work with out changing anything else
Thank you. Anything that helps is good. I realize that the wiring may not be optimal, but it will be better than what I have right now with only one panel.
Changing the 12g controller/battery wire is a piece of cake. Changing the 10g roof/controller is not. I will talk to Airstream, and if they say it is doable, I will proceed.
