- Hi can anyone help?I have two 245 watt 53v solar panels I'm going to wire in parallel to my 100/50 mppt. What cable size should I use from the panels to the mppt?
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100/50 mppt wire size
6mm² cables for each panel would be sufficient. You are planning to wire these two panels in parallel right?
Brook 13 Agree with WKerby - the maximum current will be order of 18A even with 20 metres of 6mmsq cable the volt drop will be order of 1.13V which should not be a problem.
The bigger problem is getting the 12V or 24V for charging from the Controller to the batteries when a small volt drop becomes a problem. If the cable run from the controller to the batteries is about 2M I would be using 25mmsq to keep the voltdrop down
Graham can you show me the math of how you came up with those numbers?
You have missed providing two of the key variables: allowable voltage drop (%) and the circuit length. Circuit length is the length of the path that the electrons will travel to and from the load from the source. With those variables, the size of the conductor, in circular mils, is given by this formula:
CM =(10.75 x I x L)/E
10.75 is a constant for copper
I is the current in amps
L is the circuit length in feet
E is the allowable voltage drop. For example: if allowable voltage drop is 3% with 53V solar panels, then E = 0.03 x 53V = 1.59V
Convert CM to mm^2 with: http://www.kylesconverter.com/area/circular-mils-to-square-millimeters
Thanks for this info
