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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BFL13 wrote:
The way I look at it the loads are still run from the battery but the solar recharges that. The Trimetric shows net amps of whatever is on its shunt.
Was:
Draw = 0
Charge= +3
Net on Tri= +3
Now:
Draw= -6
Charge= +9
Net on Tri= +3
Still have 3 to go before anything changes on the Tri.
Not to belabor the point, but you can't charge and discharge the battery at the same time. Power beyond what is accepted by the battery goes directly to the external load and not through the shunt (or battery). The trimetric measures actual amps not net amps. The +3 will not change until the external load plus battery acceptance exceeds the panel output.
