750W Solar install on TT
I am attempting to wire a 2800W Inverter/750W PV system onto a 2007 Kodiak 210DB hybrid, capable of shore or generator input. I am posting my basic wiring diagram in the hope that, if I've overlo...
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Hi,
Your diagram shows a 2 pole power panel. If you have a 50 amp service, you would be limiting it a lot by using a 3,600 watt 30 amp 120 volt main, instead of the potential 50 amp 120/240 volt service that has 12 KW of capacity. If your RV has a 30 amp service, then the diagram is correct for that use. I also have a 30 amp service to my RV and wired it to pass through my Trace M1512 inverter. Basically the same way you are showing.
Later I rewired the inverter. Now it just feeds a couple of receptacles. Now I have the ability to shut off the circuit breaker feeding the inverter and transfer those loads to my solar system, while still able to use the 120 volt shore power to run my A/C when desired. The M1512 1500 watt inverter will not run the A/C because it required pure sine wave power, and will not run on MSW.
Two batteries will work out great. You don't need to save very much energy, the pair will store about 2 KW. The larger solar system will make up for a shortage of battery storage, by putting out about 20 - 40 amps during the day.
I had a 415W solar system while living in my RV during 2006 - 2008. It was plenty large enough for my needs, and I had Direct TV all that time, running the receiver with the inverter. I had 4 batteries at the time, now just two.
I have actually moved a pair of 45W solar panels to a friends house, where I wired up about a dozen 12 volt LED panel lights. Each will use about 0.2 amps, and are powered at night with a used 30 AH sealed battery.
Then I removed my pair of 120 watt panels to recharge my pair of batteries at my house, and plan on running some DC wiring to run lights inside and out. It should allow me to run a lot of things, off grid, in my home that is using about 1 MW per month running the normal loads found in a house. I probably will only save about 3 or 5 KW per month, but it is a start to saving energy.
Fred.
Your diagram shows a 2 pole power panel. If you have a 50 amp service, you would be limiting it a lot by using a 3,600 watt 30 amp 120 volt main, instead of the potential 50 amp 120/240 volt service that has 12 KW of capacity. If your RV has a 30 amp service, then the diagram is correct for that use. I also have a 30 amp service to my RV and wired it to pass through my Trace M1512 inverter. Basically the same way you are showing.
Later I rewired the inverter. Now it just feeds a couple of receptacles. Now I have the ability to shut off the circuit breaker feeding the inverter and transfer those loads to my solar system, while still able to use the 120 volt shore power to run my A/C when desired. The M1512 1500 watt inverter will not run the A/C because it required pure sine wave power, and will not run on MSW.
Two batteries will work out great. You don't need to save very much energy, the pair will store about 2 KW. The larger solar system will make up for a shortage of battery storage, by putting out about 20 - 40 amps during the day.
I had a 415W solar system while living in my RV during 2006 - 2008. It was plenty large enough for my needs, and I had Direct TV all that time, running the receiver with the inverter. I had 4 batteries at the time, now just two.
I have actually moved a pair of 45W solar panels to a friends house, where I wired up about a dozen 12 volt LED panel lights. Each will use about 0.2 amps, and are powered at night with a used 30 AH sealed battery.
Then I removed my pair of 120 watt panels to recharge my pair of batteries at my house, and plan on running some DC wiring to run lights inside and out. It should allow me to run a lot of things, off grid, in my home that is using about 1 MW per month running the normal loads found in a house. I probably will only save about 3 or 5 KW per month, but it is a start to saving energy.
Fred.
