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Spartan Power Solar T-Branch Connectors

The solar connection parts in my purchases sit alongside a much broader roof-wiring project. My photographs show how I arranged the roof equipment's cable routes and brought them toward a common entry into the van.

By Steven Smith · Camper Van Freedom

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The larger roof enclosure during my cable-entry work.
The larger roof enclosure during my cable-entry work.

The item in my kit

I bought Spartan Power Solar T-Branch Connectors as part of my camper van equipment.

The solar connection parts in my purchases sit alongside a much broader roof-wiring project. My photographs show how I arranged the roof equipment's cable routes and brought them toward a common entry into the van.

Where it fits my build

I brought the roof light wires and camera cables into a PVC conduit layout. That work included drilled enclosures, threaded fittings, cable glands, solder-seal splices and grouped wiring.

During the small-box stage, I drilled for a male PVC fitting and used a fitting inside as a retaining nut. I routed the camera cable through a gland into a tee and brought the light-wire groups toward the van entry.

A grouped roof-wire connection before the final conduit work.
A grouped roof-wire connection before the final conduit work.

My build notes

The wiring project was a sequence of individual connections and routes. The photographs show the intermediate stages, including open boxes and wrapped wire groups, before the remaining covers and conduit joints were finished.

I built the cable route a section at a time, bringing local connections into the larger conduit system.

Alternative products

Two alternatives to compare

Renogy uses flexible Y-branch leads, while BougeRV offers another Y-branch connector set; the space taken up by flexible leads and rigid connector bodies differs.

Renogy Flexible Solar Y-Branch Leads

Renogy Flexible Solar Y-Branch Leads

These Y-branch leads combine two solar cable connections into one on each polarity. Flexible cable sections separate the connector ends.

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BougeRV Solar Y-Branch Connectors

BougeRV Solar Y-Branch Connectors

These paired branch connectors combine solar cable connections into a parallel branch arrangement. Male and female ends are grouped in complementary connector bodies.

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Questions from my build

What connected the roof equipment to the van entry?

A PVC conduit layout with boxes, fittings and cable glands.

What did I do at the small junction box?

I drilled the box for a threaded PVC fitting and arranged the light-wire connections inside that part of the route.

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