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Originally Posted by jetskier
I ordered my trailer with the 265W solar panel. I plan on adding two 265W panels. During another mod (cut roof open to add another vent for rear living area), I discovered how they ran the solar panel wire in the ceiling as it ran in the same truss bay were I opened up the roof/ceiling. It looked to be a no larger than a 12 gauge wire. Maybe 10. It ran to the wall on the DS even though the panel was on the ODS. Then down the wall between two slides and likely under the floor to the MPPT controller. I'd like to use the existing wire if it's at least 10g and run the two additional panels in series and upgrade the controller. If it's not clipped to anything in the wall or ceiling, I will upgrade it and use it as a pull wire as noted above. It'd be nice if they'd just provide conduit in one or two places. In the old days, I just ran wire in the chase behind the fridge.
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This is what I get from jaboni about the 265watt factory installed system. Hope it helps.
Adam,
Currently, the 2000w inverter is wired to the Recliners, Living room TV, Fridge, Bedroom Nightstand outlet and Kitchen GFI. It is not wired to the AC and it isn’t strong enough to run one. To run an AC you really need a large battery bank, 3000w inverter/charger and the AC should have a “Soft Start” installed.
You can add a second panel to the existing system without overloading it. If you go any larger you would need to run a second set of wires or wire the panels in series and go with a larger MPPT charger that could handle the higher voltage and upgrade the wire and fuse from the Solar Charger to the batteries. Technically, the 10awg wires from roof to charger can carry 30 amps dc. If you had 4 265w panels wired in series that would be about 9 amps at 117 volts. You could then run a 75amp 150v charger and only change the wiring in the lower compartment.
We will have our own 60a charger fairly soon but we do carry the full line of Victron chargers if you want to go larger.
Thanks,
Matt Wolkins
JPP