Wire Size Question
After weighing the battery options and re-assessing my available space. I found I have a nice basement space between the landing gear that has a heavy duty steel plate floor (like 1/8" thick steel). ...
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Gdetrailer wrote:wa8yxm wrote:
I would not upgrade the wire.. #6 can easily handle 60 amps
As was noted 4ga you might charge a bit faster but frankly the increase won't likely be noticable.
While technically correct, myself, I like to error on the plus side of things. #6 will rated to handle 60A it isn't the amps that is the issue, it is voltage drop. I like to reduce the voltage drop as much as possible when dealing with 12V systems.
It is for that reason I used 1/0 wire between batteries and converter even though my converter is less than 6ft for both pos and neg. Batteries charge much faster than the old setup which had the converter located 15ft away from the batteries and they used 8ga wire..
If the OP has heavier wire on hand and it is easy to run new wire, I say go for it..
It is ALWAYS better to wire any Inverter direct to the Battery. Your set up, as noted, the 6 Gauge is more than enough from the Converter to the Battery. The heavier the gauge from the battery to the Inverter is best. Doug
