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Gday...

This is a proposal being considered at the moment.

The size of solar panel or wiring is not the question, just where would one suggest the positioning of solar regulator/s?

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Option C, as close as practicable to the battery being charged, so probably on a wall near the place where you typically charge the battery.



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Whenarewethere wrote:

Option C, as close as practicable to the battery being charged, so probably on a wall near the place where you typically charge the battery.

Gday...

Thanks for the response Jonathan. However, those andersen plugs will hang in the air and be used to connect, via individual cables, to the respective battery.

I am aware that it is always best to have the solar regulator close to the battery being charged ... but the motorcycle and vehicle will not be close enough.

Are you suggesting that it would be best to have a solar regulator on each of the cables connected to the andersen plugs hanging down - one for the motorcycle and one for the vehicle - and none in the roof before the andersen plugs?

[EDIT: the batteries will remain in the motorcycle and vehicle and the solar power will be used to 'trickle' charge to maintain battery charge as both vehicles are used infrequently]

cheers - John



-- Edited by rockylizard on Friday 1st of February 2019 03:32:11 PM

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Ive done similar to what you are doing for a vehicle & Caravan in the shed. Use a regulator at each battery & cable going to the hanging Anderson plugs. Both come off one 40W solar panel & work fine batterys always fully charged.

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If you install 2 separate 5W solar panels of appropriate voltage you could feed them directly to the respective batteries without solar regulators at all.
Cheap at half the price:)
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Gday...

TA Peter ... that sounds very practical.

cheers - John



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as close to the battery as practicable I'd say puts you at point B .
If you're just keeping them topped up when not running.

a bit of drop isn't going to be the end of the world.
I'll take functional and useful over a pain in the a$$ but perfectly efficient anytime smile

 

OR you could just ride the bike more ........hey hey biggrin



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