Solar advice requested.
I am pretty good with electrical issues, but this solar stuff is new to me. New travel trailer Solex4 - 400 watt panel system TBB power - Mppt solar mate charge controller 100V-40A Inside th...
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your going to have to trace the wires and see where they go. if it is solar ready it could mean there is a set of wires coming from the celing where the panels are mounted and a set going to the batery compartment as the controler will hook up to both the batteries and the panels. I would even guess the 10ga wires are going to the panels (but you only have 1? ) and the 4 or 6ga are going to the batteries as lables, but the other 4 to 6 gage are the mystery. they could be for other panels but that means in your roof gland you should have empty termanals and what is the point of running two sets of wires when there should be a joiner in the gland? but you are going to have to trace them to be sure.. one way is if you see a couple wires that look the same in the battery compartment, put a jummper on them (once you confirm there is no voltage) and then use the ohm setting on your multimeter in the solar compartment to fine the pair that has continuity and you know it is thoes two. as for the other two.. you'll have to look for another set of dead headed witres and use the jumper till you find them. they could be for another set of panels but that would mean you would have to combine them in compartment or use a second controler. do you have a outside solar plug like I have seen some "solar ready" trailer use?
Please note what I posted above; New travel trailer Solex4 - 400 watt panel system TBB power - Mppt solar mate charge controller 100V-40A. The RV is for sure "solar Ready" as it already has a 400 w system installed. Just wondered about the blank wires and their possible purpose.
ya I saw that, and I offere possible solutions, but asked if it has the outside plug for putting portable solar panels on, that could be it. also youer though it might be for a second panel might be it, weather it be to the plug for portable, or a second set of wires in your roof gland (if you have the plug that would make more sence.) and like I said, short of tracing the wires with a multimeter and jumpers you will never be sure. finding wiring diagrams for rv's is next to impossable as there will be a master enginering when they design it but what goes in on the floor is not the same and if they run out of a color somtimes the color change and so on...
Agreed.
You are spot on in regard to owner manual being near useless. The manuals are often produced to cover everything they sell, from pickup campers to 5th wheels, of every option configuration imaginable. Could ask the service department where I purchased the trailer, but they will likely only be taking an educated guess as well. The only outside port is for Satellite connection and clearly marked Satellite Ready. The line setting sheet lists the already installed solar system, but nothing regarding being wired for additional PV. Makes sense to me that they might have additional wiring for another PV, but there is already wiring going from the controller to the battery bank. Even if adding more panels, why would you need additional wire going to the battery bank? I'm not losing any sleep over this issue, but I like to understand how and why things work.
Regardless, I appreciate your input.
