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I just bought a solar panel kit and am trying to put it together today but it came with scanty instructions. I don't know a lot about home improvement and tools and so I have to learn as I go. I have a 12 volt battery, an inverter, the red and black cables that go with it that have the alligator clips, a voltmeter, and the solar panel kit I bought off amazon (comes with charge controller). This is what I bought:
I'm disappointed today because I thought I had done enough reading to know what I needed to buy. But now I realize I have no idea how to connect the solar panels and the battery to the charge controller. Here is a photobucket picture album that shows what I've bought so far:
I know cables from the solar panel that have the wires sticking out of them are supposed to go into the holes on the bottom of the charge controller but I don't know how to do that, how to make them stick in.
I also don't know what I'm supposed to buy in order to connect the battery to the charge controller. I just realized I need something like this:
Would you recommend that I buy that cable for the battery I have? It's a 35 AH, 12 volt, deep cycle battery by Thunderbolt Magnum Solar.
Thanks a lot for any help.
I'm disappointed today because I thought I had done enough reading to know what I needed to buy. But now I realize I have no idea how to connect the solar panels and the battery to the charge controller. Here is a photobucket picture album that shows what I've bought so far:
I know cables from the solar panel that have the wires sticking out of them are supposed to go into the holes on the bottom of the charge controller but I don't know how to do that, how to make them stick in.
I also don't know what I'm supposed to buy in order to connect the battery to the charge controller. I just realized I need something like this:
Would you recommend that I buy that cable for the battery I have? It's a 35 AH, 12 volt, deep cycle battery by Thunderbolt Magnum Solar.
Thanks a lot for any help.