New to solar and want a setup on my first RV.

[CountryFit]

Originally Posted by harryn

I have to admit that I am also a big fan of how midnight solar designs their products. Probably they could have done a bit better job on terminal spacing, because it is a shoe horn job to make the wires fit.

what kind of wires are you trying to plug into it? i am using #6 from solar and #4 to the battery, and had no problem. i am sure even #2 will fit.
midnite classic 150. wasn't yours the same?

[ByeTheWay]

Re: picture
The shadows really hurt your charging ability. Park in the sun

[harryn]

Originally Posted by CountryFit

what kind of wires are you trying to plug into it? i am using #6 from solar and #4 to the battery, and had no problem. i am sure even #2 will fit.
midnite classic 150. wasn't yours the same?

The kid is bit tighter than the classic. I have mostly used them with class B and Cs along with 4 kW-hr LiFe packs and 4 kW inverters.

I do wish that they made a 48 volt version of the brat, as I mostly work with 48 volt packs.

[mjleonard]

Well I've made my choice and went for framed panels, but only after buying some flexible ones and being disappointed in the quality.

Build plans:
1* 25ft 6awg cable with anderson sb50's on either end
1* Renogy commander 40amp + meter (again sb50 on pv side)
4* Renogy eclipse 100w 40"x20" mono panels (bargain at $1.30 per watt!)
1* sb50 - 4* mc4 break out cable (I may add a pair of powerpole disconnects between each mc4 and the sb50 to make it even easier to move around)

Just waiting for the panels to arrive on Tuesday, excited

[mjleonard]

The UPS man came earlier this evening, these renogy rng100mb eclipse panels look great.



Earlier this evening I got started on the cables. I got the cable braid installed over the 2x 25ft 6AWG main run, still have the sb50's left to be put on the ends.

I also made the sb50 - 4x mc4 parallel break out, and found some old 4AWG that I can use for the controller to the RV.



I love it when a plan comes together