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Almot
Apr 27, 2014Explorer III
tpi wrote:
Also some of the smaller refrigerators on some trailers don't vent all the way to the roof. If it were mine in that circumstance my second choice would be running down the vent pipe...
...And like they say in smartphones - "there is an app for that". I don't remember who on that List of installs did it this way, but somebody did, with pictures. He cut plumbing vent pipe in the middle and inserted plumbing Tee to route the wire out.
Some posts on the List are old, arrays under 200W are only installed these days when there is no room for more. Still, I think the List should be made "Sticky", there is a lot of useful info in there.
With a trailer that small maybe 50ft MC4 cable will be enough, but this needs to be measured. 40ft cable included in kit seems to be barely enough. A few feet to the vent, 7ft from the roof to the floor, 10ft to controller, total 20*2=40ft (you cut the cable in half, as mentioned). I would buy 60ft or more, price difference is negligible.
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