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Old 04-06-2019, 06:00 PM   #1
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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?

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I have. I went down the fridge vent, then across to the stove area. That gets you to the beaker box, etc. from there I went down the same hole as existing wiring in the floor. I then went out the underbelly to conduit I mounted to the frame. Then back up into the front storage area. I have batteries on the way now. I will mount those in the front storage as well.

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I have. I went down the fridge vent, then across to the stove area. That gets you to the beaker box, etc. from there I went down the same hole as existing wiring in the floor. I then went out the underbelly to conduit I mounted to the frame. Then back up into the front storage area. I have batteries on the way now. I will mount those in the front storage as well.

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Thanks Dee. That is pretty much my plan, too. Thanks for confirming.

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My trailer is similar to the 28rls in the respect that the bed room has closets on each side of the bed. I was planning on drilling a hole in the roof and send the wires from the solar panel into the closet with conduit through the floor of the closet and to the controller that would be mounted in the storage area wall. Then the output of the controller to a junction box with large wire going out to the battery and also to the inverter. Then I was planning on cheating by wiring the output of the inverter to a receptacle box so I can plug the trailer cord into it for AC through out the trailer.

When using the inverter I would turn off the breakers to the AC, Microwave, and fireplace so the power from the inverter doesn't drag down the AC voltage such that the appliances could be damaged. I like the idea of mounting it all to a piece of plywood so it is nice and clean.

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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
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.

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My trailer is similar to the 28rls in the respect that the bed room has closets on each side of the bed. I was planning on drilling a hole in the roof and send the wires from the solar panel into the closet with conduit through the floor of the closet and to the controller that would be mounted in the storage area wall. Then the output of the controller to a junction box with large wire going out to the battery and also to the inverter. Then I was planning on cheating by wiring the output of the inverter to a receptacle box so I can plug the trailer cord into it for AC through out the trailer.

When using the inverter I would turn off the breakers to the AC, Microwave, and fireplace so the power from the inverter doesn't drag down the AC voltage such that the appliances could be damaged. I like the idea of mounting it all to a piece of plywood so it is nice and clean.

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Excellent. Thanks for the ideas Akraft.
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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.

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