Wire Gauge Required Question
For some reason I just can't understand the various wire gauge tables, and I have tried to, so I am hoping somebody will take pity and do all the work! :) One table that I can follow says that for...
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ken white wrote:tenbear wrote:
Throughout this thread I have read about panel - controller - battery. Is it correct to assume that the controller will also supply power to other loads on the battery, lights, fridge, television, etc? So the system will be supplying more power than the battery alone will use and therefor the losses will be higher and not all the excess power produced by the panels will be lost. And maybe the battery will not charge as fast as expected.
Yes,the controller output is in parallel with the battery and loads...
However, the panel power is never lost, since there is no excess power, due to the controller's ability to control the panel's power.
Maybe I used the wrong term "excess power".
I was referring to the power that the panel is capable of producing but does not because the battery will not accept it.
