Just read a comment from Victron about THHN (or maybe it was a solid wire end) not being a good match for screw down terminals, like on my 100/50 SCC due to not being squishable (my term) for good contact area.
Well, my camper came with 6 gauge THHN from the roof straight down to below the sink...
I can’t afford the upper end such as Battleborn and Expion. Don’t want to have to troubleshoot the lower end, (got no skills). Or risk needing to return it for under performance.
Looking at the SOK 280 and the Epoch 300, single battery for RV use.
With apologies to Jo Dee Messina, are these...
I have (2) 12 volt 160s and (2) 24 volt 200s. The 160s are series’d as one, and the 200s are in parallel. Combining the 3 individually fused positives and also branching together the negatives into the 6 gauge wire dropping down to the 100/50. The panels play well together as the Vmps are...
Bigfoot truck camper coming soon, have room for (3) 200 watt panels.
My limited experience has been 3 prior RVs, all with 12 volt panels and systems, self installed.
8 gauge solar pre wire installed. Looking at 600 watts solar and 3-400ah Lifepo4 with
a Victron 100/50 MPPT.
Question: would...
The roof area of the RV has room for 2 160 watt panels, and 2 200 watt panels. 4 panels total.
specs: Vmp/Imp
12 volt 160 watt: 18.53/8.66
12 volt 200 watt: 18.60/10.76
Version 1:
simple 2s2p, Footprint hero says great!, losing only 0.21% less than 1 watt. 720 down to 719.
Version 2:
BUT...