PV Solar system part one the battery bank

I have started building my battery bank that I will be charging with my solar panels. I may be working backwards but because the batteries were available and free I decided to start there.
This is four out of the eight batteries I will be using in the bank. I am putting them all in as a twelve volt system so the batteries will be in parallel. I have been debating on running this as twelve volts or twenty four volts so I will start with twelve and switch over to twenty four if it is a better solution.

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[shelladavis]

are you sure you want to put the batteries under your electrics. sulfuric acid will eventually corrode your electrics and covering

love you setup i have the bug saving hard

[brianmshaw]

@shelladavis I hear what you are saying! I have not committed to leaving it there as I have another 4 batteries to add. I think I will be moving them down the wall away from the fuse panel. This was just a temp placement to get them charging. I have more to add to the system and this will cause me to change the layout of the charge controller and the battery bank.

Thanks for watching!

[BlackAck90]

Good wire depending on your solar amperage! looks good!

[brianmshaw]

@BlackAck90 only 5 amps max at this point so I should be good for a while! Thanks for watching.

[thecyr]

i hope that top shelf holds ;)

[brianmshaw]

@thecyr no worries there :) I build them strong.

[SteveHovland]

Trojan has an excellent page on deep draw batteries- old line manufacturer.

[brianmshaw]

@Ggreenvideos thanks! I still may go by Homer's statement "Solar is a pipe dream" Doh..

[brianmshaw]

@N8Dogg1002 Thanks for watching!

[N8Dogg1002]

Your off to a good start Brian. Keep us posted

[brianmshaw]

@michael970 Thanks for watching, I can see where you can get the bug. Next I will be running my cable and mounting the solar panel!

I also watched your videos and subbed to keep up to date.