every time I think I'm ready to start something else pops up...
i was looking at the controller and suddenly it dawned on me: these terminals are too small! there is no way I'll be able to fit 8 Gage wire in there!
there is nothing in the manual. so I wrote an email to Victron. Electronics. (I have a Victron 15/50 MPPT)
the guy said 11 Gage or 4mm2 is the max. my largest run is 5 feet each way but still. that would mean a 5% drop. I was trying to keep it under 2%.
anyway. all I can figure to do is install a switch for the battery as close to the controller as possible. do the wire from the battery to the switch with 4awg and then to the controller with 12 (I have never seen 11...)
then do the same for the panels. panels to switch with 10 into controller with 12.
is this good?
i was looking at the controller and suddenly it dawned on me: these terminals are too small! there is no way I'll be able to fit 8 Gage wire in there!
there is nothing in the manual. so I wrote an email to Victron. Electronics. (I have a Victron 15/50 MPPT)
the guy said 11 Gage or 4mm2 is the max. my largest run is 5 feet each way but still. that would mean a 5% drop. I was trying to keep it under 2%.
anyway. all I can figure to do is install a switch for the battery as close to the controller as possible. do the wire from the battery to the switch with 4awg and then to the controller with 12 (I have never seen 11...)
then do the same for the panels. panels to switch with 10 into controller with 12.
is this good?
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