Solar - Upgrade or replace outright?
The new-to-us coach has a small solar panel system. I would like to upgrade it to the point where I could reasonably hope to capture 50 or 60 amp-hours per day in light conditions that are less than ...
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I would keep the old system, and sort of forget it is up there.
THen install a new system hooked up to a new solar controller, directly to the coach battery with some #8 wire and it's own 30 - 40 amp fuse.
I would be checking prices and shipping costs at several vendors, including this one. SunElec.com
Make sure that you have open real estate on the roof for the size of the panels that you are looking at. In other words don't pick a 40" X 75" panel, and find out once it arrives that it will not fit anyplace! You really want to avoid shadows, such as the antenna, the A/C unit, and keep it around 4"from the sidewalls, and leave about 12" between the panels for walking forward, to do maintenance on the roof.
Good luck!
Fred.
THen install a new system hooked up to a new solar controller, directly to the coach battery with some #8 wire and it's own 30 - 40 amp fuse.
I would be checking prices and shipping costs at several vendors, including this one. SunElec.com
Make sure that you have open real estate on the roof for the size of the panels that you are looking at. In other words don't pick a 40" X 75" panel, and find out once it arrives that it will not fit anyplace! You really want to avoid shadows, such as the antenna, the A/C unit, and keep it around 4"from the sidewalls, and leave about 12" between the panels for walking forward, to do maintenance on the roof.
Good luck!
Fred.
