Deck Plug & Socket for 11mm thick cable!

Thanks VicS, maybe a deck gland and a plug/socket above it if there are no deck plug/socket sets big enough - surprising though. I think most go up to 9mm....

I could maybe use what I have below deck and get thinner cable from deck to panel although the point of the thicker stuff is that it's good against the elements!
 
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Bulgin all 9mm max!

I'll call Index Marine and see if they have more suitable external cable i.e. 9mm ;) probably an easier way to do it as I need to connect the wires having two panels going into one cable... Answering machine at moment.
 
Zagato said:
Thanks VicS, maybe a deck gland and a plug/socket above it if there are no deck plug/socket sets big enough - surprising though. I think most go up to 9mm....

I could maybe use what I have below deck and get thinner cable from deck to panel although the point of the thicker stuff is that it's good against the elements!
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Sorry I deleted the post.. you posted that a deck gland isn't any good .

You presumably have a large solar panel or a long cable run to need 2.5mm² cable?
 
I only ordered 3m VicS, 1m of which will be under the cockpit seat. Does seem an over-kill. I am going to do the job properly now and will need say 3m to the back of the boat from the batteries all under the side decks and a bit externally up to the panels via a plug (don't want the things out permanently want to put them in the locker sometimes!). Sounds like smaller diameter cable would be better?!
 
Zagato said:
I only ordered 3m VicS, 1m of which will be under the cockpit seat. Does seem an over-kill. I am going to do the job properly now and will need say 3m to the back of the boat from the batteries all under the side decks and a bit externally up to the panels via a plug (don't want the things out permanently want to put them in the locker sometimes!). Sounds like smaller diameter cable would be better?!
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The cable size depends upon the expected maximum current output of the solar panel and the length of the cable run to the battery

For a 3m cable run 2.5mm² cable would be heavy enough to support something around 140 watts of solar panel !

1.0mm² would be heavy enough for a panel of about 55 watts , although you probably would want to use heavier cable than that for robustness
 
Thanks VicS not sure why they sold me the 11mm. Only one of the guys at Sunstore knows what he's talking about (i.e. the one that sold me the 11mm in the first place unfortunately, even though the intended fitting layout was discussed!) so have lost faith in them. The other guy I spoke to doesn't know anything about it, didn't know what parrallel/series was and the differences once wired up. :rolleyes: How long does it take to "gen" up on a subject before you go on the phone advising people :rolleyes:

Anyway by the sounds of it I will be buying some 1.5mm cable and either connecting one panel direct to the other or I think the advise from you guys is to have a seperate wire out of each panel and join those together with a connector so that only one cable runs through the deck fitting and into the regulator. I think I still keep my 12v that way and hopefully the 40W potential!
 
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Presume top one is parrallel and the way to go...
 
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Presume top one is parrallel and the way to go...

EDIT..... OK Tom at Sunstore suggests the lower wiring example, still gives 40W & 12V. Sounds OK to me no connectors involved!
 
Zagato said:
Presume top one is parrallel and the way to go...
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Ithink the difference is intended to suggest in the top diagram that the output from the two pannels can be taken to a junction box where thay would be connected in parallel.

The second is intended to show that you could wire one panel to the other in parallel ( ie + to + and - to - ) and then just take one cable directly to the regulator.

Not quite so happy about the way the connection is shown to two batteries.
 
Zagato said:
I only ordered 3m VicS, 1m of which will be under the cockpit seat. Does seem an over-kill. I am going to do the job properly now and will need say 3m to the back of the boat from the batteries all under the side decks and a bit externally up to the panels via a plug (don't want the things out permanently want to put them in the locker sometimes!). Sounds like smaller diameter cable would be better?!
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I can't visualise your installation from the information you've given. What size (output) are the panels, how many, how far to the regulator? Why don't you have them permanently connected?
 
The second diagram is what they recommend, no connectors involved then - so that's OK PHEW getting there.

Apologies my diagram isn't right for batterry connection. The regulator has two seperate connections coming out for each batterry - any idea what fuse, where to get it from, the Marineelectrics place in the previous link I should think!

Ghoslty they are
20 Watts
VMP 17.5V
VOL 21.5V
IMP 1.14A
ISC 1.29A
 
Zagato said:
The second diagram is what they recommend, no connectors involved then - so that's OK PHEW getting there.

Apologies my diagram isn't right for batterry connection. The regulator has two seperate connections coming out for each batterry - any idea what fuse, where to get it from, the Marineelectrics place in the previous link I should think!

Ghoslty they are
20 Watts
VMP 17.5V
VOL 21.5V
IMP 1.14A
ISC 1.29A
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The second diagram is only practical if you can get two cables into one panel terminal block.

The fuses ( one at each battery ) should be rated less than the max safe current rating of the cable but more than the maximum current that the panels can deliver.

5 amps would be suitable
 
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Many thanks once again... I can do the job now :D As you say getting two cables into one terminal block or using connectors for the first diagram will be the questionable bit!
 
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