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Originally Posted by skiman
I got 50' of 10 Gage speaker wire as mentioned below and grafted SAE ends on it. I plan to connect an SAE pigtail on the terminal strip of the folding panel and leave the clips in place for using as a direct battery charger.
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Carl,
You could also cut the panel cables in half and add SAE connectors to both sides. Then you can leave the battery clips stowed when you don't need them. If worry that the clips could accidentally touch each other. I believe you can short the panel wires without damage, but if it's plugged into yourb trailer maybe it go bang!
With the second set of SAE's you could leave the your TW in the shade, puy the panels in the sun and use your 50' extension.
On my old trailer, the 8' cable on my portable panel met 85% of my needs. I rarely had to use one of my extensions.
7.5 amps of 12-14V DC over 50' of 10 AWG wire has a voltage drop of 0.75 volts.
Consider investing in more SAE's and making three extensions: 8', 15' and 27'. With three extensions, you can use exactly the amount of cable actually needed to reach the sun. Using one, two, or all three, you can have 8', 15', 27', 35', 42', and 50'.
Rich