Greetings,
I have recently decided to make my pickup truck a camper. Long story short I only need to run a fan and some lights.
I have done a lot of research on setting up a solar system with deep cycle battery and have put together a system and I just wanted to get a 2nd opinion to make sure everything looks good.
The lights are each 0.16 amps x 6 - 1 amp per hour.
The fan ranges from 0.2 to 4.7 amps with setting 1-10.
Lights:
Fan:
So if I run the fan on high and all 6 lights for 10 hours (which will not happen) that's 60 amps over 10 hours. From not wanting to discharge an AGM battery past 50%, I figure a 100AH battery will do me just fine.
So here is what I have decided on:
2x 100w Renogy 12v Panels and a 20A MPPT Charge Controller:
UPG 100AH AGM Battery
Fuse Box to connect fan and lights
Fuses
Switch for lights
My questions:
1. Will I need fuses anywhere? The Renogy panels come with 10AWG wires that go from panel to controller and controller to battery. There are no fuses. Will I need a fuse that goes from my battery to the fuse box? Doesn't it already have a built in fuse?
2. Wire size: Kit comes with 10AWG wires for panel-controller and controller-battery. Is this also safe to use from battery-fuse box?
3. Is there anything else I'm missing? Hopefully this isn't a "build the system for me because I'm lazy" post, I tried to do all the research myself. I have zero experience in electrical work.
I have recently decided to make my pickup truck a camper. Long story short I only need to run a fan and some lights.
I have done a lot of research on setting up a solar system with deep cycle battery and have put together a system and I just wanted to get a 2nd opinion to make sure everything looks good.
The lights are each 0.16 amps x 6 - 1 amp per hour.
The fan ranges from 0.2 to 4.7 amps with setting 1-10.
Lights:
Fan:
So if I run the fan on high and all 6 lights for 10 hours (which will not happen) that's 60 amps over 10 hours. From not wanting to discharge an AGM battery past 50%, I figure a 100AH battery will do me just fine.
So here is what I have decided on:
2x 100w Renogy 12v Panels and a 20A MPPT Charge Controller:
UPG 100AH AGM Battery
Fuse Box to connect fan and lights
Fuses
Switch for lights
My questions:
1. Will I need fuses anywhere? The Renogy panels come with 10AWG wires that go from panel to controller and controller to battery. There are no fuses. Will I need a fuse that goes from my battery to the fuse box? Doesn't it already have a built in fuse?
2. Wire size: Kit comes with 10AWG wires for panel-controller and controller-battery. Is this also safe to use from battery-fuse box?
3. Is there anything else I'm missing? Hopefully this isn't a "build the system for me because I'm lazy" post, I tried to do all the research myself. I have zero experience in electrical work.
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