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[*] posted on 8-10-2009 at 03:38 PM


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Originally posted by BCSTech
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Originally posted by DiverWhen you get your panel, buy a 25', 10 ga or larger extension cord.
Cut off one end with about 2' of wire and wire this to your battery permanently so the plug is accessible.
Wire the other end to you panel/charge controller so you can plug it in and place it where you want around the camper.

When our mobile panel isn't on a camping trip, the panel is charging the battery for our electric fence charger out in the pasture.
If you're going to run without a charge controller, better make sure that panel is matched pretty well to your battery voltage and that you disconnect when the battery is full or you could end up frying the battery.


Read again BStech;
I said connect to panel/charge controller.
I glued a 10A charge controller to the back of this 85 watt panel (5.5 amps) so there are no issues.

I have run panels in the old days without charge controllers; you need to have some way to check the charge so you don't cook the batteries.
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