Is a Minn-Kaota "Battery Power Center" with 1) Itegrated Circueit breakers and 2) Built in battery meter. Is this all I need? Do I need to add more?
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If you are using it to keep batteries charged, you do not need a "charge controller" for 5 Watt panels. For more than 5 watts it is best to use a charge controller. You do not neet a circuit breaker or a built in volt meter. When it is connected to a battery, you cannot tell if it is working with a voltmete. You can check it out when it is not connected to a battery with a voltmeter. It may read as high as 24 volts DC (open circuit). If your plan is to charge a battery that has been used on a boat, it may not be a large enough (not enough watts) to charge a battery in any reasonable time period. 5 watt panels are good for keeping batteries fully charge while being in storage or not in use for long period of time. Maximum current available is about 350 milliamps. It would take well over 129 hours to add back 45 amperes to a 90 amp-hour battery. If you use a larger solar panel, then you will want to use a "charge controller" made for a solar panel. Hope the above helps. Ralph
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The nature of your question suggest you are looking for a battery "charger". If this is the case you will need more than the 5 Watts this panel can provide. With the 5 watts provided from this panel, you won't need allot of wiz's bang circuit breakers and meters. This panel dose a great job of keeping a fully charged battery in top shape all by it's self.
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A 5 watt solar panel will typically maintain a fully charged automobile battery with minimal parasitic loads but can't be counted on to do much recharging. If you want to do more than maintain the battery, you'll have to do the math to figure out what wattage solar panel you need for your: load, battery, location, weather, panel mounting location, etc. If you need more than a 5 watt solar panel, you'll also need a charge controller.
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Besides this kit you would need a tray cable that connects your controller to the battery bank. Since you would are doing 400 watts on a 40 amp MPPT we would recommend adding a 40 amp fuse in between the controller and battery.
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Hello Mr.Lalli,Anwer to your Quest ,with out risck of shock take the Batterys out and with a micro philups. Screw driver remove the back carfully and take a look at the circute board may be a timer set,might be just a preset chip ,just call InteIitec,remember no warrenty on this.stay safe Scott @ 8:06AM on 6/24/2014.
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Well there are two distribution blocks that split the main zero gauge wire to two four gauge wires. So both of the blocks have two each. I didn't use them cause I installed another power cell and just ran the four gauge wires from that instead. Just to give you another option. Its a really great kit and worth every penny too. Hope this helps.
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You would just need this plus a charger. It has a breaker and a very basic tester built in.
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Hi Nini...you will need the motor mount that you can purchase on Amazon for about $20. You will also need the motor...I recommend a Minn kota...a deep cycle marine battery and charger...have fun!
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I really have no idea. I found Minkota to be very helpful. The one I have works great for my application...... Charges for my 24 volt trolling motor
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Yes you can providing you buy the power probe with the volt meter built in which is a really good feature. Helps with making sure you have power and the components you are checking
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MC4 cables with MC4 connectors (male & female)-charge controller-two lengths of cable (pos & neg) with ring terminals or alligator clips-inline fuse of some kind (3 amp approx). You will need wire cutters/stripper/crimpers-butt connectors-electrical tape/heat shrink. Basic wiring knowledge is a plus.I use mine for battery maintenance. This panel will not provide more that maintenance levels of power.
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You must connect to at least one decent-sized battery. The bank size and controllers you would need to figure on your own.I've run mine connected to 3 marine batteries in parallel with just the recommended controller: GudCraft CD5.0 12V Charge Controller for Wind Generator Wind TurbineThis turbine is burly! It's withstood winds of over 60 MPH and kept the power coming!
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Should have a small data info sheet in the bottom of the box it comes in. The connector that has two wires(I used a nine volt battery with a switch), red & black are for display power. The other wires are for voltage sense & amperage (milli-volt) from shunt. Yes, a shunt is required. This is a good meter, just not enough information to support it's installation & calibration. Two adjustments (apex) on the P.C. board are for the calibration of the volt meter & amperage read-outs.
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From what I can remember everything needed came with it. Even the wires plus terminals. You made me think there. I sold that boat I installed the meter on months ago.
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I used a continuous duty silonoid so the entire panel only has power if the key is on. I also ran a separate wire straight from the battery with fuse for the radio memory and Then I added a battery disconnect for when the boat is in storage. You need large wire to supply power and that's why you would want the silonoid so it can handle the amprage draw. Remember to put a fuse right at the battery too.
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No additional breakers are required. The manual transfer switch has its own breakers and your existing service panel breakers are used so that each circuit is protected regardless of power source (obviously circuits NOT modified to be powered by the generator will be 'dead' during a power outage). Your choice of your "must have" circuits is important...I selected my furnace, refrigerator, two lighting circuits, living room wall outlets and basement lights. Thanks to LED bulbs, I can run all of those items on less than 4000 watts. I hope this helps. Stan
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There was none included with the unit. However, I have worked with power supplies of all types in my career and this one appears very professional. I purchased it to give as a gift and it's been in use for a while now. It works perfectly. The main advantage is that you may control the current or the voltage to the device under test. This enables you to fire up a circuit that is untested or damaged.
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MC4 connectors are used most often, they are weather tight, one each (male-female) from the panel . You will need to splice intoor use a terminal adapter at the batteries.Make sure to use a blocking diode if you are thinking about connecting directly from the PV panel to the battery. Not needed if you have a modern charge controller.Good luck-Bill
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There should be a negative and positive terminal where you can put a wire in and clamp it as seen in the picture near the bottom corner the two terminals. You'll need to take a 9V battery and get one of those connectors where it connects to both of the battery's leads and turns them into a red and black wire. Put those wires into the terminals respectively and it should be powered