doghouse_riley
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So I'm getting set to add a 200w solar panel to my Fleet Shell. Got the charge controller and the panel's supposed to arrive today. I watched the video from FWC where they walk through the solar pre-wiring and connections and was expecting to find a pair of leads going to the panel plugs on the roof and back, a pair of leads going to the battery and a pair of "load" leads. All ready to wire to the controller. Easy peasy!
When I uncoiled the wires in the battery compartment I see the leads for the panels (2 pairs of blk/red wires merged to 1 pair via wago connectors) terminating in butt connectors with the label "battery solar controller" which seems confusing but clearly this pair connects to the "PV" connector on the charge controller. There's a pair of green wires with female spade connectors labeled "Floodlights" which is obvious enough (an option I didn't get), another unlabeled pair of blue wires with female spade connectors that eventually disappear into the wall of the camper and presumably connect some other option I didn't get. And that's it.
Presumably I can wire directly to the battery from the charge controller since it will be mounted in the compartment. Would I use the same 10AWG wire coming from the panels? Also, I assume I should have a fuse between the pos battery terminal and charge controller, but what size?
but what do I connect to the "load" inputs on the controller?
I debated whether I should post this in the solar forum but the FWC pre-wiring seemed appropriate for this forum.
When I uncoiled the wires in the battery compartment I see the leads for the panels (2 pairs of blk/red wires merged to 1 pair via wago connectors) terminating in butt connectors with the label "battery solar controller" which seems confusing but clearly this pair connects to the "PV" connector on the charge controller. There's a pair of green wires with female spade connectors labeled "Floodlights" which is obvious enough (an option I didn't get), another unlabeled pair of blue wires with female spade connectors that eventually disappear into the wall of the camper and presumably connect some other option I didn't get. And that's it.
Presumably I can wire directly to the battery from the charge controller since it will be mounted in the compartment. Would I use the same 10AWG wire coming from the panels? Also, I assume I should have a fuse between the pos battery terminal and charge controller, but what size?
but what do I connect to the "load" inputs on the controller?
I debated whether I should post this in the solar forum but the FWC pre-wiring seemed appropriate for this forum.