"And still have effective charging for a 12 volt battery? Mighty mule has a circuit on the control board to regulate charging.."Sleep draw" is 25mA and "Active draw"is 2 to 5 amps..
Asked m.m. if for purposes of good sun exposure I could put the panel 50 feet from the controller...Said no problem, just keep it in the sun...16 gauge, stranded, direct burial dual conductor low voltage wire came with the kit..only 10 feet..Shopping for more and one seller of another gate opener..ghost I believe..said not to put it, the solar panel, more that 20 feet away from the battery or you would have to add another panel...At 100+ bucks each, I'm trying to avoid that...There are some online voltage drop calculators, which I don't have a clue how to work...Thx.."
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Posted this question on another site...excellent responses including a link to this site..and a link to a voltage drop calculator
Used this data per reply..
And I used 16 awg wire..
Enter the wire type, wire size (use 12ga for example, you can enter others), the voltage (use 17v....a 12v solar panel typically puts out 17-18v no load), phase (use DC), then your distance, leave the amp load at 1 and hit 'calculate'. You'll see at 50', the drop is minor, using 12g wire
I plan on renting a trencher and to run the wire through plastic pvc...which is recommended by mighty mule...So trying to get it right...
Do the numbers look reasonable?...thx..flood
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Asked m.m. if for purposes of good sun exposure I could put the panel 50 feet from the controller...Said no problem, just keep it in the sun...16 gauge, stranded, direct burial dual conductor low voltage wire came with the kit..only 10 feet..Shopping for more and one seller of another gate opener..ghost I believe..said not to put it, the solar panel, more that 20 feet away from the battery or you would have to add another panel...At 100+ bucks each, I'm trying to avoid that...There are some online voltage drop calculators, which I don't have a clue how to work...Thx.."
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Posted this question on another site...excellent responses including a link to this site..and a link to a voltage drop calculator
Used this data per reply..
And I used 16 awg wire..
Enter the wire type, wire size (use 12ga for example, you can enter others), the voltage (use 17v....a 12v solar panel typically puts out 17-18v no load), phase (use DC), then your distance, leave the amp load at 1 and hit 'calculate'. You'll see at 50', the drop is minor, using 12g wire
I plan on renting a trencher and to run the wire through plastic pvc...which is recommended by mighty mule...So trying to get it right...
Do the numbers look reasonable?...thx..flood
Volt.JPG
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