Routing Solar Wires Through Fridge Vent

f150camper wrote:

BFL13 wrote:
https://www.southavenrv.com/rv/jayco/traveltrailer/1412/Jayco_Jay_Feather_Ultra_Lite_X19H

Depends how big of a solar array you intend to mount. Your rig is not that big, so long wire runs are not so much of a problem.

In the old days with a smaller solar array, you could go down the fridge vent to the controller mounted on the wall by the fridge and the wires from the controller "to battery" would then back into the fridge vent and down to the 12v junction where the fridge gets its 12v. (with set screws for the wires)

That is connected to the battery, but with fairly thin wires. However if you have a small array the wires might be fat enough to do the job well enough for what you want. "It depends".

You mean tapping into the fridge's 12V wires with like wire nuts or the like?
I am thinking about two 100W panels, maybe 3. Tapping the fridge 12V would most likely not be a good idea, even though it does sound really convenient. :-)

There can be a junction behind the fridge, perhaps on the platform it sits on, with set screws for wires from the DC fuse panel. Then wires from the junction to the fridge.

So you add your solar controller battery wires to that same junction. That then gets you back to the DC fuse panel, which has the battery wire lugs for the wires from the fuse panel to the battery (however fat they are, but they can easily take 15 amps--usually #8 which can take 50 or so)

A 100w panel is good for up to 6.2 amps aimed , but call it 5 amps flat so your amps could be 10 for two or 15 with three.

If your converter and fuse panel are under the fridge, you could drill a hole in the platform the fridge is on and run the controller to battery wires down to the DC fuse panel battery lugs. That then gets you to the battery.