I have a Jayco 5th wheel that is "ready for solar". I have bought the go power 190 watt panel and charge controller and a 30A breaker. I will add an inverter eventually but right now I just want to get the solar to help charge my battery so I can run the onboard generator a bit less. What I need the battery to do for the present is get us through the night running a few LED lights, the fridge in propane mode, and the water pump for quick showers, etc. My current plan is to get a 100 AH AGM gel battery from Renogy.
My questions are:
My questions are:
- should the breaker be mounted near the battery? does distance matter?
- is there a bus bar I for the positive and/or negative sides I should use so there are not multiple wires connected to the battery?
- what questions do I not know enough to ask?