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The garage where I park the tractor and the 4 wheeler has no electric so I'm thinking about a solar charger to keep the batteries charged. The wires will have to be run long, probably 30-40 feet or so to reach them and to have the panel in fairly good sun. Anybody using one that you would suggest?
Thanks.
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Put the panel as close to the battery as possible. At 30 - 40 feet you will have a lot of line loss. Losses in solar PV lines, DC losses in solar panel strings, and AC losses at the output of inverters all need to be kept to a minimum. Minimizing the voltage drop in cables is one approach to keep these losses under control. It is OK to have a drop voltage of less than 1%, and it should never go over 3%. https://aurorasolar.com/blog/unders...ing-connections-and-system-availability/
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