Help with Lance 820 solar set up
I'm posting here as opposed to the tech topics because I think it's a TC issue which hopefully someone else has run into. I'm replacing/upgrading my solar and batteries in my 2005 Lance 820. It ha...
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I recently opened up my converter area on my Lance 820, and swapped out the power converter.
The 110 volt wires to the simple minded fuse board are indeed only 12 gauge, but the 12 V wires to it from the camper are 8 gauge wires, which lead to the battery though the back of the sink.
The 12 V outputs on the powercenter were indeed some questionable gauge (maybe 16-ish), but the are quire short (6-8 inches), so that's not really much of a problem.
I used thesepeople. They were great, for replacing my old Magnatek with a PD4655V.
I don't see any pre-wiring for solar on mine, but mine is a 2001. There is probably some Lance package that offers solar wiring, especially if it was ordered with a solar panel.
I would imagine you'd want to splice into or connect up to the power centers inputs using 8 gauge wires. The space is tight but doable.
As for your battery box, how did you vent it to the outside? Under the fridge, at least on my Lance 820, is the 2xLPG tank compartment. Did you go under that?
The 110 volt wires to the simple minded fuse board are indeed only 12 gauge, but the 12 V wires to it from the camper are 8 gauge wires, which lead to the battery though the back of the sink.
The 12 V outputs on the powercenter were indeed some questionable gauge (maybe 16-ish), but the are quire short (6-8 inches), so that's not really much of a problem.
I used thesepeople. They were great, for replacing my old Magnatek with a PD4655V.
I don't see any pre-wiring for solar on mine, but mine is a 2001. There is probably some Lance package that offers solar wiring, especially if it was ordered with a solar panel.
I would imagine you'd want to splice into or connect up to the power centers inputs using 8 gauge wires. The space is tight but doable.
As for your battery box, how did you vent it to the outside? Under the fridge, at least on my Lance 820, is the 2xLPG tank compartment. Did you go under that?
