Can this wire also be cut/used to connect from charge controller to 12V battery? Would you also need to buy fittings at battery terminals?
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Hi Le, The wire you have connects to photo voltaic panel and should not be cut. On the other end you can cut it to shorten and connect it to your charge controller. You need to get another set of wires to connect to your battery terminals plus and minus with battery clamps. Hope this helps, Derrick
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We cut and used ours between the solar panels and the charge controller, making it into two 25 foot cables. But why would you want to use it between the charge controller and batteries? The only reason to buy this cable is because it has MC4 connectors, as used on many panels, on it. To use it between the charge controller and batteries, you would have to completely cut off the MC4 connectors, and just use it as plain old wire. You would indeed have to put terminals on one end of each cable for the batteries. There is no reason I can see to use this cable in this manner, its cheaper just to buy plain old heavy gauge cable at your local hardware or home improvement store. We cut and used ours between the solar panels and the charge controller, making it into two 25 foot cables. But why would you want to use it between the charge controller and batteries? The only reason to buy this cable is because it has MC4 connectors, as used on many panels, on it. To use it between the charge controller and batteries, you would have to completely cut off the MC4 connectors, and just use it as plain old wire. You would indeed have to put terminals on one end of each cable for the batteries. There is no reason I can see to use this cable in this manner, its cheaper just to... » Read More We cut and used ours between the solar panels and the charge controller, making it into two 25 foot cables. But why would you want to use it between the charge controller and batteries? The only reason to buy this cable is because it has MC4 connectors, as used on many panels, on it. To use it between the charge controller and batteries, you would have to completely cut off the MC4 connectors, and just use it as plain old wire. You would indeed have to put terminals on one end of each cable for the batteries. There is no reason I can see to use this cable in this manner, its cheaper just to buy plain old heavy gauge cable at your local hardware or home improvement store. « Show Less
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Should be OK for a charge controller as long as the charge controller is low amperage and the length of wire isn't excessively long between the charge controller and the battery. The product has 2 wires in its core. The wire is 12 gauge so it shouldn't be used for any heavy duty 12 volt applications. The fitting depends on the type of terminal you have at the battery.
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Yes. I had extra from my solar panels so I cut it and connected it to my battery using cable connectors and circle fittings that went around the post on the battery with thumb screws.
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Yes, the controller has a + and - to battery, you can cut and use the two factory ends for the controller and then go to a electrical store and get 2 10g or larger that can fit the wire and fuze them together and the round ends will fix over the battery termainals
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No the 50ft wire can use only to connect from solar panels to controller. I did cut it into 2 part, each 25ft long, yes I bought fitting for battery connection cable. I asked help from store where I purchase batteries, they are very helpful and tell you what really need.
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This wire is intended for use as an electric fence, which does not use a battery charger but rather an electric fence controller. Those are different depending on your needs (size of animal, amount of weather-proofing, length of planned fence,...) and this wire will work with any of them.
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I use it to charge and keep the charge on a 12 volt 7AH battery and it works fine. No need for a charge controller because the amps it puts out are very low, so you should be just fine.
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As long as you wire your 3 12volt batteries in parallel, this panel will work. There are built in bypass diodes. But to avoid back flow charging from the battery, you will need either a charge controller and 5Amp is sufficient for the rated current of charge controller.
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Just run the wires down to a 12v power source and connect them using solder or proper wire connectors.
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The Battery Tender 081-0069-6 Ring Terminal Harness will work with the 12 volt or the 6 volt Battery Tender
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I cut the wires and soldered leads to connect straight to my battery lines on my Motorhome since I too did not have a lighter outlet outside on the roof where I mounted it. Just make sure you put positive with positive and neg with neg. it works just fine on mine.
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I used standard 14 gauge house wire from the panel to the controller and from the controller to the battery. This is ok, because there isn't alot of amps (raw power) being pushed from the panel. With 12v systems, the more raw power (amps) being used, the thicker the wire needed. You can even use regular copper twist wire, just don't go smaller then the wire the panel uses.. which I think is either 14 or 16 gauge.
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Yes it will work. I'm using two 100 watt panels wired in series to get 24 volts running to the charge controller and then to my 12 volt battery bank. works great. You'll have have less resistance from the panel to the controller in 24 volts as well.
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You have to loosen the nut on the battery terminal and strip the wire and secure it under the nut. I went and bought an open terminal instead of using bare wire.
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Yes, you can connect directly to a 12 volt battery. No charge controller is needed.
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If you can find a molex connector you could use just the pos (12V) and neg wires to connect to your battery. Here's a link to help you figure out which wire you need. http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l32/rougeneon97/dew%20Heater%20DIY/molexpinout_zpsdeb42ea2.png
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The short answer is: A pair of alligator clips to connect the wires to the battery. If you or a friend have any mechanical ability at all, it is easy. You get 40' of wire that becomes 20' because you run two conductors, a positive and a negative. You will cut the desired length of wires to run from the panel to the controller. The wire remaining will be used to go from the controller to the battery. The terminals on the panel, the controller and the battery are clearly marked as to what goes where. (I used a piece of red tape to mark the hot (positive) wire at all ends. (the wires are all black.) This system is superb. We use two batteries and have all the power we need in our RV. (Lights, pump, tv, computers.) We are thrilled with it. (The price is unbelievable. $600 in RV stores) If I can be of any other help please don't hesitate to holler: Ivor ivorthomas316@aol.com
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So long as connectors end in 12 gauge wire to plug into controller. That's all you car about. You MUST plug the 12 volt connectors ( connected to batteries ) first. If you plug the solar panels into controller first, you WILL blow the controller . OK!!
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Not sure of the wire size but it's plenty for a 12V system. The terminal holes are good for 1/4" or 5/16" posts.
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Absolutely, if you wire up the appropriate 12V battery with the current capacity you need for the target runtime. It would be a relatively trivial hack to do if you want to, but is it designed to do so? No.
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This controller only takes bare wire connections unless you have an additional connecting plug for a specific unit. I used all individual wires to connect to Batt, Solar and Load.