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SFGiantsfan925
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Apr 21, 2015

New to us TT with Solar system. Lots of ????'s

We just bought a used TT from a very nice guy on Craigslist. It’s a 2006 Fleetwood Mallard 23’. The previous owner had installed a solar system on the roof. He said it is 2- 80w panels, making a 160w ...
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westend
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Apr 23, 2015
Just ask yourself if you would connect the generator and back feed it into a 120V receptacle? It is the same with the solar connections. Besides the loss of power through the fridge wiring, you probably don't have adequate circuit protection using that wiring.

Yes, you can connect the controller's output wiring along with other connections to the battery terminals. It is easy to buy a fuse that connects to the battery terminal and connect the solar wires to that fuse.

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