Rednecktek

Another thing on the wire lengths is that the Positive wires should be the same length, and the Negative wires should be the same...

From reading Will's book, it sounds like I could safely use 2 AWG to go from the batteries to the bus bar, and then use 2/0 to the...

Better than having a mouse die in an air vent. Then people think you've got a dead body in the trunk...

Legal? I can't say for sure but I've done it many times. You've got a few ways to do it. -Install a jumper wire from underneath one of...

For me the panels worked great, right after the BMS died...

Why is it that every time I get in some new panels or I want to reconfigure an old array the weather turns bad for several days? It is...

Do not do this, the batteries in series will be unbalanced. Use a 24V to 12V buck converter.

Patience Grasshopper. Patience.

You still can do a ground array - get 4 panels hook them up in series, then connect to your ground mount mppt. That’s if you decide you...

If you carefully select the ground mount panels so they work well with your roof mount array - yes you can. They will just be another...

One array per controller. You can bring wires down to your system and run another set of wires to an external jack, but if your external...

Think of your battery as a bucket and your solar array as a garden hose. Think of your loads as a pipe with a valve on it coming out of...

I suppose I might be too wishful here... I'm assuming the MPPT amperage rating advertised is the maximum output on the battery terminals...

Yup. The breaker to the solar panel is used as more of a handy disconnect for troubleshooting that happens to provide protection as a...

I would guess that DVR and Camera are powered by 12v DC. You may not need an inverter at all at least for the cameras. You need to...

Nothing wrong with the meter. You don't understand how it works. Your expectations are wrong. The meter can only measure current that...

The 1012 isn't designed to charge from your alternator which is why you can't find the connections for it. A DC-DC charger for...

Thank you rednecktek. So if my batteries also have breakers on them then I should be ok with just one fuse between the batteries and the...

@Rednecktek Nah, the tubes are easy to find. 12V LED T8 bulb Actually, I just found my answer in that listing! It is pretty straight...

Assuming you can find 12v tubes that fit in there, you'll have to figure out the polarity and just wire the leads to the appropriate...