If your solar panel comes with MC4 connectors, you’ll have to buy or make MC4 adapter cables to connect them to your charge controller. My solar panel’s wires came with stripped wire ends, making this step super easy for me. Next, I needed to insert the solar panel wires into their screw terminals on the solar charge controller. Step 2: Connect the Solar Panel to the Solar Charge Controller
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Consult your controller’s manual for the manufacturer’s recommended connection order. Note: My charge controller’s manual recommended I first connect charge controller and battery. When all wires were connected, my charge controller turned on to indicate that it was properly connected to the battery. Next, I screwed on the GC018’s ring terminals to their respective positive and negative battery terminals on the 12V battery. I used a precision screwdriver to tighten them in. Then I inserted the positive and negative stripped wire ends into their respective battery terminals on the charge controller. The battery terminals on my Renogy Wanderer 10A charge controller I located the battery terminals on the charge controller, which are indicated with a battery icon. Next, I stripped the cut wire ends so I could connect them to the charge controller. The GC018 comes with ring terminals that are compatible with my battery, plus an inline fuse.įirst, I cut the 12V plug socket off the NOCO GC018. To make this part easy, I used a 12V plug adapter called the NOCO GC018 rather than make my own battery cables. To connect battery and solar charge controller, you’ll need appropriately sized wire, wire connectors, and fuses. Step 1: Connect the Battery to the Solar Charge Controller Renogy Wanderer 10A solar charge controller.12V battery – I used a 12V 33Ah battery.12V solar panel – I used the Newpowa 5W 12V solar panel.
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Here’s how to make them: Materials & Tools Materials You can even hang them up over the holidays as solar powered Christmas lights.
You can hang them in your bedroom as solar powered fairy lights. You can use them as solar powered outdoor string lights. Turns out it’s easy to convert string lights to solar lights. I recently made my own DIY solar string lights.
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