The cables on these panels are a little short for my needs. Any suggestions for extension cables? What should I look for?
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The cables can be lengthened. I have gotten into the habit of connecting the wires to a cable that uses 16.0 gauge wire. Make sure to dip the ends in dielectric grease to keep the weather from corroding the wire.
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Nope, you could try eBay but chances of just the extension cable being on there are slim.
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My panel is about 17 inches by 21 inches...the cable looks to be about 10 to 12 feet long. I use a 7 amp solar controller, works great for me.
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Don't skimp on extension cords. Buy a good one and get a thick (low gage) one that matches their recommendation for the length of cord you plan to use.
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I contacted Garden Sun. They make a 16' extension they say works with this but I needed more so just bought some cheap outdoor wire and made my own. Solder your connections and heat shrink them.
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Depends on length of required from panel to charge controller. If less than 15 ft....buy two cables and cut in half.
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About 18 inches long. If you need to spread them out a bit, a simple extention cable will work.
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The panels are not really stiff. They are flexible enough to bend. I didn't have clips either. The panels just rested on top of wooden frames. I did cut them down in size a bit because the panels were too big to fit into the frames. Make sure there is some overlap on the edges of the frames and that they are supported on all 4 sides. It worked fine for me. They looked really awesome.
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Pretty short as far as I'm concerned (at least much shorter than my old Dell speaker cables.) 5 feet front speakers; 14.5 feet rear speakers. I had to rearrange the room to make them fit. But other than that they work OK. Good luck.
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These are peel and stick panels so your won't need a rack. You will need to look for "mc4" solar cable (25' run-get one 50' cable (cut it in half) with one male and one female connector and a charge controller of it's for 1 panel. Its recommended to get a combiner box and higher rated charge controller for more panels. Hope that helps.
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Attach to the unit there is a short piece of cable like 2' ( 70cm they said ) and with the sender even shorter piece 10cm, but they came with an extension that it's about 6' still in the short side for my application ( I have 2 land cruisers and made a bit complicated cable routing ). Altho, at that time I contact Koso NA and they said it's ok to extend the extension cable to a max of 10' using same awg caliber wire that they use in the extension .. On a Final note I have 2 of those Koso gauges and both are still working flawless ..
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Thanks Justin, I appreciate the feedback.Do you know if the cables are proprietary, meaning that you cannot use a longer cable?
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Just order additional cables from amazon they have different sellers let me know if any other question and dont forfet to order the cable joiner bnc to bnc femal joiner
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They have pre-assembled connectors on both ends, so it's hard to tell. However, it should be within cat5e specification, and I have run POE devices over it without any problems so far. If I have occasion to cut any of the ends off I will let you know what I find...
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JohnI have a 32" flat panel in my 42-50 enclosure right now. Just center it. Looks fine. I then closed in the area around the TV where the void was with fish net and decorative sea ornaments. Got that idea from an enclosure in Paris.
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Hi Cyndi, I don't feel those are made to interconnect, as x-mas light would (there's no connection on the last light and the first is connected to a 6' power cable). I use mine under an awning with a 8' span but feel that I could extend it to 15', max. All in all, doesn't sound as a good choice for you.
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I have 2 panels, each puts out about 7 amps connected to this controller and could easily add more. Look at the specs on your panels and size your controller appropriately.