miataone
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Do the solar systems on the recent model 21NE's have a breaker or a shut off installed from the factory? Can anyone tell me where I should be looking and what I should be seeing? Thank you.
Do the solar systems on the recent model 21NE's have a breaker or a shut off installed from the factory? Can anyone tell me where I should be looking and what I should be seeing? Thank you.
My Dakota lithium trolling motor battery has the same instructions.Battleborn says to charge to 100%, then disconnect and store all winter, checking / charging every three months.
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Just a heads-up. On my 2015 'E21 all the wires from the solar, to and from the controller, are black. Fortunately the terminals on the controller are marked with the polarity, and using those markings I labeled some key ring tags and attached them to the wires, with additional notes as to "in" and "out". Otherwise the alternative would be to carefully use my multi-meter and identify the hot solar wire next spring.
For that situation, a notion for your consideration:.... The only one I'm thinking of now, and it isn't a big deal so far, is the ETI installed DC-DC convertor on the line from the tow vehicle. If I ever want to hook up and tow in winter, that thing is going to try and charge my battery. No quick shut off, other than the main, which I cannot have 'off' while towing. Hmmm.
Glad to hear. Our Victron 100/20 is the only addition to the battery side of the 250a T fuse and our Victron 100/30 is on the other side of the T fuse. The battery shutoff is after the 250a T fuse.I also put a breaker between the solar controller and the battery (all of that is not tied in to the regular battery shut off).
Solar disconnect breakers are extremely easy to add.Might be a good suggestion for Escape to add solar winterizing cutoff switches for the owners who want to follow the correct protocol from GoPower.
That's a convention in connections to a battery, and almost nowhere else. It isn't even used for the wire insulation of battery connections in most cars. For a specific installation that you know follows this convention it can be handy, but don't count on it.By convention, in DC systems, the Positive (+) wire is red and the Negative (-) wire is black.
This link shows Oldwave's solar disconnect. It's the upper picture.Thank you Perry! Did you have any pictures of the installed ones? (I'm not electrically savvy but would give it a try)
Thank you Perry! Did you have any pictures of the installed ones? (I'm not electrically savvy but would give it a try)
Best regards,
Rich