leesamuelm
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I have a small 100w solar setup with a two 12v battery in parallel with about 560 wh capacity
I was wondering, if I could somehow use an extension cord 16AWG to connect my panel to my charge controller to save me from having to plug my battery in next to the solar panel? I checked and 16AWG should handle 15amps which is more than my 100w panel produces.
I would wire up the MC4 to nema5/edison plug on the solar panel end and then on the other side a nema5/edison plug to mc4 on the charge controller side?
I now it would be easier to just get a long run of MC4, but that would be another long cord rather than just having adapters that I could keep in my battery box.
Why is this a horrible idea before I go and make adapters lol
I was wondering, if I could somehow use an extension cord 16AWG to connect my panel to my charge controller to save me from having to plug my battery in next to the solar panel? I checked and 16AWG should handle 15amps which is more than my 100w panel produces.
I would wire up the MC4 to nema5/edison plug on the solar panel end and then on the other side a nema5/edison plug to mc4 on the charge controller side?
I now it would be easier to just get a long run of MC4, but that would be another long cord rather than just having adapters that I could keep in my battery box.
Why is this a horrible idea before I go and make adapters lol