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brog741 · ‎Mar-19-2017

Hi, I am hooking up a 200 watt solar panels not hard wired.
where do they get hooked to on the batteries. I have a inline 4 battery hookup. need to know if they get hooked to the battery posts or somewhere else.

brog741 · ‎Mar-19-2017

thank you all for the info it helps. I think I got it now

crasster · ‎Mar-19-2017

If they are 24V, you would wire them in parallel (just FYI). Otherwise you'd get an insane high voltage after many panels.

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pianotuna · ‎Mar-19-2017

connect the panels to a controller, connect the controller to the battery post with a fuse.

Regards, Don
My ride is a 28 foot Class C, 256 watts solar, 556 amp-hours of Telcom jars, 3000 watt Magnum hybrid inverter, Sola Basic Autoformer, Microair Easy Start.

Lwiddis · ‎Mar-19-2017

Four main parts to an RV solar system...panels, controller, batteries and proper sized wiring. Do you have all these?

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Tom_M1 · ‎Mar-19-2017

What voltage are the panels and how many? 200 watt panels tend to be 24 volt which would require an MPPT controller.

The panels connect to the controller then the output of the controller connect to your batteries.

Tom
2005 Born Free 24RB
170ah Renogy LiFePo4 drop-in battery 400 watts solar
Towing 2016 Mini Cooper convertible on tow dolly
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