Solar panels

[Salty]

Ordered six 150 watt solar panels and a combiner. Ordered a Torklift Aluminum battery box. Holds three 200Ah relion or five Battleborn 100 Ah GC2 batteries.

[KulaHem]

Looking forward to seeing pics of your setup. Im hoping to go solar next year

[Salty]

Combiner arrived today.

[Razorback]

For us solar illiterates, where does that box go in the system? Is that the same as a “charge controller”?

[Salty]

A diagram is worth a thousand words.

Solar 1.pdf

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This is the combiner, meaning, it receives multiple solar panel power inputs and outputs a single pair of power cables that has the cumulative current of all panels.
Within it you will find a fuse for each panel, a lightning arrester and a GFI

[Salty]

Panels arrived

[Razorback]

It’s a little grainy, but the meter says 20+ volts?

Making progress! You’re going to have it all installed before you know it!

[Salty]

In full texas sun, yes, it reads 20 VDC. a little haze and it drops to 18.1

[tomkiser]

Did you ever install the solar panels? Would love to see pics. I plan to put solar on my 34w.