Jim, Grab a West Marine catalog or an Ancor catalog. They both have tables showing 3% and 10% voltage drops in regard to current and wire size. What thru-deck connector did you use? I used Blue Seas CableClam and had no leaks. If you use one of these, make sure the cable is round, not flat. They don't seal well around flat cables...
Paul Esterle -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > In preparation for installing my solar panels, I'm going to run the > wires perhaps this weekend. Each panel is 95W and I'll be running about > 25' of wire, that's 50' round trip. I figured that #14 wire would drop > about 8% of the voltage and I like a <5% drop, so I am planning on > running #12. Does that sound reasonable? > > Also what's anyone use to get wires through the deck? I used on of > those sealed thru-deck connectors for my coax and it leaked like a > sieve. I had to paint silicone on it to stop the leaks, so I'm not > impressed with that solution. If I wanted to have to use silicone, I'd > just drill a hole in the deck. > > I plan on having a connector at the solar panel in a semi protected area > so I don't probably don't want a connector on the deck. That'd just be > another point of failure/problems. > > Suggestions? > > Thanks, > Jim. > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
