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In the case of the roof, maybe not so much if you don't have much else up there, but for where I have it, the size and weight make a big difference, especially when I take it out of the slide and move it around.
You were talking roof mount when you stated the weight issue, not your removable slide out. In general though a little less definitive on your statements and a bit more here's a product with X & Y attributes to let people make their own decisions of which factors matter in their situation is a good idea. The panel I bought is going on a powered roof, with nothing else on it, and also will help balance out my lift system since the front is cantilevered, thus there is no point in spending 2.5x for a panel that is 10lb lighter.
For other folks just adding 15lb will probably make they want to add gas shocks on their rig, for the price difference of the 25lb panel one could consider getting that one AND the shocks they'd probably want anyways and still come out ahead. But each person can decide what they want and feel justified in spending.
I did series I think...?....
Either way I simply wired it to the same terminal posts as the main panel, on a separate set of wires. I unplug the 100 watt panel from the bulked when I am not using it to prevent voltage leak back which only amounts to .5 volts.
You just described parallel.
You were talking roof mount when you stated the weight issue, not your removable slide out. In general though a little less definitive on your statements and a bit more here's a product with X & Y attributes to let people make their own decisions of which factors matter in their situation is a good idea. The panel I bought is going on a powered roof, with nothing else on it, and also will help balance out my lift system since the front is cantilevered, thus there is no point in spending 2.5x for a panel that is 10lb lighter.
For other folks just adding 15lb will probably make they want to add gas shocks on their rig, for the price difference of the 25lb panel one could consider getting that one AND the shocks they'd probably want anyways and still come out ahead. But each person can decide what they want and feel justified in spending.
I did series I think...?....
Either way I simply wired it to the same terminal posts as the main panel, on a separate set of wires. I unplug the 100 watt panel from the bulked when I am not using it to prevent voltage leak back which only amounts to .5 volts.
You just described parallel.