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<blockquote data-quote="condor22" data-source="post: 365138" data-attributes="member: 1932"><p>Strange, You say it's a 200W panel and the blue controller is rated at 10 amps. That's somewhat low for 200W of solar. I've measured my 2 x 100 W panels on my van at 14.6 amps.</p><p></p><p>However, leave the black cable that connects the 2 panels as is.</p><p></p><p>The red/black wire that goes from the right hand black box to the solar controller is the output to both halves and is the one to modify.</p><p></p><p>Where it me, I would cut the red and black wire at about half their length and put an Anderson plug on both of the cut ends. That way by joining the 2 plugs, the panel is as is and uses the inbuilt controller.</p><p></p><p>To feed the panel directly to another controller nearer your battery, you will need an extension lead with an Anderson plug on one end. Connect this to the Anderson plug that comes out of the right hand black box (panel output).</p><p></p><p>The other end would then be wired to the other solar controller input, either hard wired or if you wish it to be removable, Anderson plugs.</p><p></p><p>If this explanation still confuses, I'll draw you up a wiring diag.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="condor22, post: 365138, member: 1932"] Strange, You say it's a 200W panel and the blue controller is rated at 10 amps. That's somewhat low for 200W of solar. I've measured my 2 x 100 W panels on my van at 14.6 amps. However, leave the black cable that connects the 2 panels as is. The red/black wire that goes from the right hand black box to the solar controller is the output to both halves and is the one to modify. Where it me, I would cut the red and black wire at about half their length and put an Anderson plug on both of the cut ends. That way by joining the 2 plugs, the panel is as is and uses the inbuilt controller. To feed the panel directly to another controller nearer your battery, you will need an extension lead with an Anderson plug on one end. Connect this to the Anderson plug that comes out of the right hand black box (panel output). The other end would then be wired to the other solar controller input, either hard wired or if you wish it to be removable, Anderson plugs. If this explanation still confuses, I'll draw you up a wiring diag. [/QUOTE]
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