Country Coach intrigue 32 ft (((((Solar install)))))

So I had already bought one each of a positive and negative heavy duty busbars. $38 for both from Sun Fun kits. Trying to wrap my head around why I would need the Lynx Distributor and spend another $200. It does the same thing except it has fuses and monitors them. I already have a 400 amp fuse coming. Then I will need whatever other fuses for the system. I wont need the BMS or Shunt for this system.
 
This guy has a whole series of videos on solar. Lots of good tech info. Wish I would have found these early on.
 
onanysunday said:
So I had already bought one each of a positive and negative heavy duty busbars. $38 for both from Sun Fun kits. Trying to wrap my head around why I would need the Lynx Distributor and spend another $200. It does the same thing except it has fuses and monitors them. I already have a 400 amp fuse coming. Then I will need whatever other fuses for the system. I wont need the BMS or Shunt for this system.
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What is the amperage rating of your bus bar? Everything that attaches to your positive bus bar should have a fuse (for the most part)so you will need fuse holders for each unless they are part of the bus bar. Jumper cable from the bus bar to the fuse holders will be needed as well. I went with the distributor due to space limitations and the cost of bus bars, cables and fuse holders was close to the Lynx. I paid around $150 for my Lynx. Have you figured out what you will do on the 120 volt AC side of the inverter for overcurrent/short circuit protection? I think you mentioned that your battery cables from the batteries to the inverter are relatively long. Don’t rely on the BMS to protect the cables. You should fuse thise as close to the batteries as possible. I am sure you have already thought about all this but thought I would mention these thing just in case something was overlooked.
 
Sandkist said:
What is the amperage rating of your bus bar? Everything that attaches to your positive bus bar should have a fuse (for the most part)so you will need fuse holders for each unless they are part of the bus bar. Jumper cable from the bus bar to the fuse holders will be needed as well. I went with the distributor due to space limitations and the cost of bus bars, cables and fuse holders was close to the Lynx. I paid around $150 for my Lynx. Have you figured out what you will do on the 120 volt AC side of the inverter for overcurrent/short circuit protection? I think you mentioned that your battery cables from the batteries to the inverter are relatively long. Don’t rely on the BMS to protect the cables. You should fuse thise as close to the batteries as possible. I am sure you have already thought about all this but thought I would mention these thing just in case something was overlooked.
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Yeah I will probably just order a linx this next week. At this point in my life easier is good to get things done. For sure want to fuse everything as much as possible for protection. So yes still researching that. First steps I need to get the panels mounted, get all of the victron components mounted, get the batteries mounted. On vacation this next week but the week after I can start getting all that done and then I have the front passenger windshield getting yanked out of the coach so I can switch out the refrigerators and get that washer dryer unit out of there. That GE fridge weighs 137 lb so the forklift with long forks will certainly come in handy for that.
 
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