Seeking Feedback on Solar Idea

[Casey Freswick]

Rick and all,

If you are talking about some 12v wiring you can hardly see in the bottom right hand corner, that is the wiring that came with the TM and is already connected to the 12v fuse box of the TM. In the past I took the 120V 30 AMP shore extension cord out of the "box" that you pushed the cord into in the back compartment of the TM. I then removed the "box" that the original cord was pushed into. So you can see(barely) from the bottom right rear compartment the back of my new lithium converter and original 12 volt fuse box of the the TM. I then wired an outdoor outlet under the TM in the back that you can plug in when the shell is down. I now use this outside plug and a 30 AMP extension cord whenever I use shore power. Since I put in solar I do no longer often use shore power. Because I removed the 30 AMP extension cord from its original place, I used the hole for the original extension cord for my solar wiring. All this to explain the 12v wiring in the bottom right hand corner of my original picture. All the wires that you clearly see are 2/0 wires. Rick recommended 2 2/0 wires for all connections between my lithium batteries and inverter, both positive and negative. Hope this helps explain my 12v "wiring" situation.

Casey



From rickst29
yes, they hunt lions.

Casey: NOT well done (IMO), and I have additional issues as well.
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Your vast number of smaller wires, many "magically looping" to or from the WFCO fuse board out of sight and unlabeled, is confusing (and therefore dangerous). You should add an additional DC fuse board in this area, connecting all the "smaller" 12v wires on individual fuses, drawing power form the main bus through another (larger) fuse. This cheap Amazon one supports 100A max current, with either 6 or 12 downstream fuses and connectors: