Drilling hole in roof of Lance 1181
I am planning on mounting (2) 200 watt solar panels on the luggage rack on the top of my new (to me) Lance 1181. I would like to run the wiring down the left (drivers side) rear inside corner of the c...
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Kayteg1 wrote:
Lance bailed out when I asked them about help with 16 yo camper. Not only parts were not available, but no blueprints available. At the end I bought emergency skylight cover at Walmart (!)
Lance changed ownership since, so maybe new owners take better care?
I parted out my Lance 1161 and since I was reusing interior for other project, I actually took each screw out and disassembled it as much I could without cutting.
So if you post me a picture of the area, I can make pretty educated guess where the frame might be.
On other hand, what size wire? Drilling small hole even in 2" wide frame should not be a big deal.
Will try contacting Lance and seeing what help I can get but in the mean time, the picture below is taken from a perspective of above and from the rear. (sorry for the blurriness - it is getting dark here)
The black blob on the left is the rear left luggage rack rail mount. The brown blob is a leaf on the roof. My red X is approximately where the inside corner is. The rear of the camper has an overhang outside approx 6 inches wide with lights on it.I doubt there is anything where I am planning on drilling, but I would rather take the time to check than tear something up.
To answer your question - about hole size- (2) 10 gauge wires.
I plan on using a product like this to pass the wires through (although there is a dual connector model that I will use. I have used this in the past with great success.)
More details:
I am going to get (2) 12v 200 watt panels - wire them in series for 24 volts. Given the specifications of the panels I should get a max of 10 amps with the panels in series. Using a wire size calculator (http://www.freesunpower.com/wire_calc.php) recommends #13 guage wire (based on a guestimate of 20 feet total wire length) so I am going for between #10 - #12 guage wire. (I found some nice pre-terminated cables on amazon that might be my best selection)
I am looking at a couple of 24 volt in - 12 volt out charge controllers in the 30 Amp and higher range, as I have ideas for future expansion.
thank you for your assistance!
