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Mark Bodenhamer

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Portable Solar
« on: December 12, 2020, 03:43:13 PM »
We have a 130w portable solar panel that we used with our travel trailer, it has a built in controller.  I'd like to use it but with our four battery setup I don't know where to connect it.  Can someone please help me out.  Thanks for your time. 
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Bill Lampkin

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Re: Portable Solar
« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2020, 06:38:35 PM »
Just hook it up to your battery bank, on the same terminals that lead to house loads. Use alligator clips like you find on a battery charger. 130w = about 6.5 amps trickle charge in full sun. I wouldn't want to haul around a fragile, awkward solar panel, but, each to his own...
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Re: Portable Solar
« Reply #2 on: December 12, 2020, 08:49:05 PM »
Mark, sounds like you are uncomfortable determining the correct terminals to connect your solar panel. I have attached  photo to show a typical 4 battery 6 volt connections and where to connect your positive clip and negative clips for your solar panel. Suggest you use your multimeter to test connections and get acquainted with 4 - 6 volt batteries with 2 batteries in series and 2 batteries in parallel. Hope this helps.
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Mark Bodenhamer

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Re: Portable Solar
« Reply #3 on: December 14, 2020, 10:22:39 PM »
Got it. Thanks.
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