Obanboy666
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Sat here bored so decided I would investigate fitting a second solar panel to complement the existing 120 watt factory fitted panel.
spoke to Pilote who said the solar panel controller built into the electrobloc would be ok so started to measure up etc intending to order a 100 watt panel Etc.
The existing panel cable is 2.5 mm twin feeding into a single gland entry box which then drops into a void above the door and is wired into a junction box which has free terminals to accommodate an extra pair of cables from an additional panel.
The easiest way would be to break into the cable on the roof then use 2 to 1 mc4 connectors to connect the new panel. The problem I have is after reading up the 2.5 mm cable would be to small to take the the amps of 220 watts of panel, the cable from the junction box to the electrobloc is 4mm which I reckon would be ok.
What I may do is just fit a 2 entry gland box in front of the existing gland box keeping things separate to the existing panel. What do the experts think ?
spoke to Pilote who said the solar panel controller built into the electrobloc would be ok so started to measure up etc intending to order a 100 watt panel Etc.
The existing panel cable is 2.5 mm twin feeding into a single gland entry box which then drops into a void above the door and is wired into a junction box which has free terminals to accommodate an extra pair of cables from an additional panel.
The easiest way would be to break into the cable on the roof then use 2 to 1 mc4 connectors to connect the new panel. The problem I have is after reading up the 2.5 mm cable would be to small to take the the amps of 220 watts of panel, the cable from the junction box to the electrobloc is 4mm which I reckon would be ok.
What I may do is just fit a 2 entry gland box in front of the existing gland box keeping things separate to the existing panel. What do the experts think ?