Thread: Camper trailer solar reg, fuse box wiring.

Yep, sounds good to me.

I don't see why you couldn't as when you connect the solar regulator to the battery and the fusebox they both connect to the same terminals. Although I don't see why you would do it this way when it is just as easy to connect directly to the battery terminals and disconnect if and when required.

More connections is more potential points of failure.

Originally Posted by loneranger

I don't see why you couldn't as when you connect the solar regulator to the battery and the fusebox they both connect to the same terminals. Although I don't see why you would do it this way when it is just as easy to connect directly to the battery terminals and disconnect if and when required.

More connections is more potential points of failure.

But this will eliminate 2 connections which is my main reason for doing it.

Wouldn't you have a single positive and negative between battery and fuse box and then the regulator connected to the fuse box? That way if the regulator fails you still have the fuses to protect the battery from overcharging by the solar panel. It would be double protection. Or is that what you meant?

Originally Posted by loanrangie

But this will eliminate 2 connections which is my main reason for doing it.

Maybe I'm interpreting this incorrectly but won't you have an Anderson plug at one end and 2 leads connecting to the battery and then from the other side the Anderson plug with the solar regulator and fusebox connected to the Anderson plug terminals?

The way I'm seeing it is you will have 2 connectors for each Anderson plug and 2 to connect to the battery for 6 terminals versus 2 connectors for the solar regulator and 2 for the battery for 4 terminals.

If what you are asking is .......... "can I connect my load (fuse box) directly to the battery terminals as opposed to the solar reg load terminals" ............... then the answer is yes. The potential down side here is that if you have a very smart reg that measures input power and output power to give a state of charge indication of the battery or use a regs programmable ability to switch load on and off then these features won't work. For 99% of solar reg users this is not a problem.

Deano

Originally Posted by DeanoH

If what you are asking is .......... "can I connect my load (fuse box) directly to the battery terminals as opposed to the solar reg load terminals" ............... then the answer is yes. The potential down side here is that if you have a very smart reg that measures input power and output power to give a state of charge indication of the battery or use a regs programmable ability to switch load on and off then these features won't work. For 99% of solar reg users this is not a problem.

Deano

No , I have solar panel to reg using an Anderson plug then cable with eyelets to battery.
Instead of having another set of cables from battery to fuse panel I thought o could combine the inputs and outputs (to battery) into one Anderson plug going to battery.

Hi mate - Yes, my van is set up that way - works well and is simple.

People seem to want to over complicate their setups most of the time, this solution is simple and effective.