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rrwantr
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Apr 24, 2014

New 5er Looking for cmpnt sugg to make 2-300W porta solar

Just purchased a new 5er. Moved up from a TT. However we do quite a bit of dry camping. In our previous trailer we could get by for 2 weeks (longest we would be out) with the 2 -12V batteries by ru...
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Tango__AE7UI
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Apr 24, 2014
I added (2) 135 watt panels to the roof of our fifth wheel.
I used tiltable mounts for the panels but have not used that feature yet.
The panels are about 24 x 56 in size so do take up some real estate on the roof.
I ran the wires from the panels down through the refer stack to the converter charger.
Installed a charge controller inside the rig.
I made a custom vented battery box for (4) group 24 batteries.
We don't do much dry camping but I wanted that option if the situation arose.
Well worth the investment.

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