wow, fantastic responses folks, thanks so much, whole bunch of info here, and might I add, confusing for this newbie..
Am going to try and respond to individual posts one at a time because You all made good points, and some of those points I dont understand very well.
And I am going to explain my situation a little better and where I am coming from on this issue.
Am a total newbie to 12v wiring-solar-lifeline batt- charging relays- grounding12v--auto alternators and so on. Am a retired general contractor commercial and residential,thats 110-120-220 I am ok with that.
I purchased this van set up with all of this solar setup already setup in a box in the back of the van,panels on the roof, nothing else in the interior, just a shell. Solar system/parts are 1 year old.
I took it all out and started a camper conversion and am almost done with the convert.
Yesterday is the first time I fired the van up in 3 months, so I threw a fire ext on the pass. seat and drove it to see if the solar system/fuses I added,breakers added, wiring off of fuse block added,manual battery isolation switches added,etc., well it all worked, no fire and the fuses/breakers didNOT blow, the mt50 solar display and the xantrex all seemed happy.
NO, I dont really understand the system, did ton of research on the web and crossed my fingers.
Now I need to learn more.
