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Old 07-07-2013, 02:18 PM   #1
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A (Best) Solar trickle charger for House 6V X 4 Batteries???

Putting four T 105 Trojans in as new house batteries ( each battery is rated 225 AH @ a 20 AH Rate ). Looking for something to keep'em up during coach storage for say 4 months. Live in Arizona so plenty of sun. I not a electrical savant, but know my existing 1 Ft Sq charger ( 18V,175mA,3W ) wont do much. What is the minimum specs for the solar panel out-put that I should be looking at? Anyone have a wiring diagram to hook it up TO four ( series/parallel 6 Volts ) batteries? Source for parts? Thanks in Advance
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Old 07-07-2013, 04:48 PM   #2
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Watch Craigslist for a 75-100 watt panel. A small Morningstar controller from a online reseller. Some simple wiring.., panel to the controller and controller to the pos/neg of the batteries.
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Old 07-07-2013, 05:16 PM   #3
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aRVowl.....I just added a system similar to this. Solar Panels | WindyNation.com Mine is a Windy Nation 100 watt solar panel as shown in this link, but the kit I bought had a different but similar 30 amp controller. Mine also came with 40' of wiring.

I'm no solar expert, but this seemed like a good start. The wiring came with snap on ends that will allow me to simply mount another panel and quick connect the new one to the original, giving me 200 watts.
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