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Originally Posted by RobHammons
Howdy Y'all,
We have a 2016 Jayflight 28RLS and we are going to install a couple of solar panels on the roof. Has anyone done this? Tips and pointers? Route for cables to the underbelly?
Thanks,
Rob Hammons
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I have a EAGLE 284BHS with a 250watt SOLAR panel mounted behind the AC at the rear of the TT. To run the SOLAR panel wires, I went to LOWES and purchased some plastic wire channels that I put along the bottom of the awning to the front vertical awning mounting channel. I ran a plastic channel down to the bottom next to the awning vertical channel and drilled a 1/4" hole into the front storage compartment. Caulked the hole and after 7 years it is still sealed. Unless I mention it to someone, no one even notices the wire channel.
I mounted my inverter in the front pass through along with the SOLAR charge controller on a hinged board. If I want to work on any of the parts, I just swing the panel so that I can work on the parts. All are within 5 cable feet of the 2 Trojan T145 (260Ah) 6 volt batteries (7 years old now and doing GREAT!). The closer the better!
From the inverter I ran a 3wire 12AWG Romex cable, through a conduit I mounted on the frame, to my back storage compartment where my Shore-Power connection is. I terminated the Romex cable (Inverter 110VAC) in a 4x4 box with a 30 Amp RV outlet on it. I then installed a 2nd 4x4 box next to it and terminated the Outside shore-power 110VAC cable into that one, with a 30 amp RV outlet. I then took the cable that goes to the TT's electrical service center and put a male 30 Amp RV plug on it. This way I can only have one source for 110VAC. A GREAT SAFETY FEATURE!!!!!
The plug solution was going to be temporary until I returned from our 1st trip, and then I was going to install an "Automatic Transfer Switch". Switching the 110VAC input cable between the outlets was no problem, so I never purchased the automatic transfer switch. That was 7 years ago. Today, I would recommend going to Amazon and purchasing the automatic transfer switch, for about $70 you cannot go wrong.
Good Luck!
Don
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RVing with SOLAR