Adding an Inverter?
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That's a nice cleanup Keith. Mine is a mess throughout the trailer and 99% of it is that way from the factory. I would have cleaned mine up but it was cold enough that my fingers weren't working well and I need my trailer ready to roll Tuesday night. I really can't start another project. I did a similar distribution block on my side-by-side.
Does my solar panel wire need to go directly to the battery? Or could it go to a distribution block like you have? In my picture above, my solar panel wire is the small yellow wire spliced to the small black wire. I wasn't sure what that went to until I disconnected it. The solar panel controller really doesn't like not have a battery at the end of the line. A constant alarm goes off.
Does my solar panel wire need to go directly to the battery? Or could it go to a distribution block like you have? In my picture above, my solar panel wire is the small yellow wire spliced to the small black wire. I wasn't sure what that went to until I disconnected it. The solar panel controller really doesn't like not have a battery at the end of the line. A constant alarm goes off.
My battery feeds the 100 amp breaker then the distribution block. As long as you solar controller has a feedback break (which most do) I see no reason why you could not go to the battery side of the main first (in my photo). Or you main Fred on the distribution block.
Hope this helps.
Keith
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I have the same breaker in 150 amp and I'm a little worried about it. One corner arrived at my house broken off. It was a corner used to secure the breaker. Also, the posts are a bit short. After putting my 2 gauge crimped connector on the post and the nut on top of the connector the rubber cap wouldn't fit on the stud.
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