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Step 1: Fitting the cable to the solar panel (Cable pre fitted to 60wp to 150wp panels)
1.1
Remove the cover
(A) from the terminal box on the rear of the solar panel
1.2 Panel sizes up to 30wp generally have the junction box style shown in Fig 1A. Panels 45wp and over
have the syle shown in Fig 1B. Fitting the cable to both is similar but with the 3 terminal style shown in
Fig 1B you should ignore the centre terminal (L/H terminal is –ve and R/H is +ve).
1.3 Take one end of the cable and strip back the black outer insulation 4.5cm. Strip back the insulation of
the red and black inner cables 1.5cm to expose bare wire.
1.4 Feed the cable through the hole in the terminal box.
1.5 Twist the bare wire ends tightly and wrap clockwise around the loosened terminal screws B or C
(depending which junction box style you have). Alternatively, two ring terminals (supplied) can be
crimped onto the bare cable ends.
Red (positive), black (negative) as marked on inside of terminal box
1.6 Tighten terminal screws and replace the terminal box cover.
Step 2: Connecting cables to solar charge controller (If required)
2.1 Position the solar charge controller as close as possible to the battery (must be a dry location)
2.2 Measure the distance between your battery terminals and the solar charge controller.
2.3 Cut the measured distance from the end of the cable, allowing some extra for slack.
2.4 Take the loose end of the cable fitted to the solar panel and prepare as per 1.3 and attach to the
terminals
(D) on the solar charge controller by using the same procedure as described in 1.5.
2.5 Prepare battery cable in the same way and insert into terminals
(E)
Note:
Red = positive (+), black = negative (–)
Step 3: Fitting the fuse
3.1 Strip back the black outer insulation of the cable 20cm.
3.2 Position the fuse as close to the battery as possible and if a charge controller is used between the
controller and the battery. Cut the red cable at the halfway point and strip 5mm of the red insulation
from both the cut ends. Twist the bare wire ends tightly. Fit into the screw terminals
(F) on each of the
fuse holder pieces.
IMPORTANT: When connecting a solar panel to a battery, it is always recommended that a voltage regulator is used to prevent
both reverse current feed (at night) and overcharging of the battery. The only exception to this is the
STP005 and STP010
because they are fitted with a reverse feed diode and if connected to battery size at or greater than 35Ah and 70Ah respectively
will not overcharge because of each battery’s own impedance.
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